The Safari set the Mercury Vapour lamp last night - by eck it's bright - no wonder the neighbours complained about it...effective though with over 120 moths of at least 25 species in the trap this morning. It was bright enough to attract the attention of the Boys in Blue as we heard their helicopter directly overhead for ages in the small hours - sounded like they'd parked on the chimney pots!
Any ideas on the following...Crikey some were small!
The new Micro book is good but we still can't find half of what's in the trap in it - this one may be the same as one or both of the similar ones above
Gettin towards the end of the Dotted Clays? This one looks fairly fresh but has a bit a chunk taken out of it
Vertebrate-wise it's been a quiet day keeping a feeling-much-better-so-wants-to-charge-about-but-still-very-poorly Frank quiet. We had our third Willow Warbler in three days in the shrubbery at the end of the garden and overhead a Sparrowhawk cruised by upsetting the local gulls.
Where to next? A day that looks like it's going to be packed with variety tomorrow with birds, mammals, moths, hoverflies, amphibians and even, if we're horrendously lucky, reptiles!
In the meantime let us know what's unidentifiable in your outback.
2 comments:
Hi Dave !
I thought I'd been getting a lot of moffies the last couple of nights but as usual you've outdone me - great selection.
Great pic of Frank - hope the old boy is on the mend - give him my best wishes.
2 GCN under board A this afto
Cheers
Peter
Well that lot of moth descriptions made me chuckle :-)
You've much to learn davo, and it makes me more likely to stay away from the moth 'bug'
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