Tuesday 1st May 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
1 Pyrausta aurata
1 Garden Carpet
1 Early Grey
6 Shuttle-shaped Dart
3 Powdered Quaker
1 Muslin Moth
1 Heart & Dart
1 Least Black Arches
1 Angle Shades
The Heart & Dart is the first in the garden this year


Monday 30th April 2007
Saturday night produced just 3 moths!!!
Sunday night only slightly better
1 Swallow Prominent on the wall next to the trap
4 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Brightline brown eye

Saturday 28th April 2007
Trap not put on on Thursday night
Friday night 2 traps switched on but only 3 moths!!!
1 Least Black Arches
2 Hebrew Characters

Thursday 26th April 2007
Details of Wednesday night's catch
Only 40 moths and 24 species
The highlight of the catch was a female Emperor Moth who laid eggs whilst in a keep net. Apart from the time we reared some emperor moths from eggs given to us this was the first to visit our garden unaided!
Other moths new to the garden list for this year were:-
Endrosis sarcitella (White Shouldered House Moth)
Dark-barred twin-spot Carpet
Chocolate Tip

Wednesday 25th April 2007
Details of Tuesday night's catch
AT LAST a decent night's mothing!!!!
85 moths of 35 different species
New to our garden for this year were:-
Tinea trinotella
Plutella xylostella (Diamond Back)
Drepessaria pastinacella (Parsnip Moth)
Common Carpet
Common Pug
Narrow-winged Pug
Oak Tree Pug
Double-striped Pug
Least Black Arches
Sallow Kitten
Nutmeg
Bright-line Bright Eye

Tuesday 24th April 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
1 Muslin Moth
9 Powdered Quaker
9 Hebrew Character
1 Pine Beauty
3 Chinese Character
2 Clouded Drab
1 Lunar Marbled Brown
1 Red Twin-spot Carpet
3 Shuttle-shaped Dart
2 Northern Drab
2 Angle Shades
1 Silver Y
1 Pale Mottled Willow
1 Pale Prominent
1 Ruby Tiger
1 Agonopterix arinella
2 Scoparia ambigualis
Pale Prominent, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Pale Mottled Willow, Silver Y, Chinese Character are the first for the garden this year

Monday 23rd April 2007
Details of Sunday night's catch
1 Waved Umber
5 Hebrew Character
1 Ruby Tiger
13 Powder Quaker
4 Common Quaker
1 White Ermine
6 Scoparia ambigualis
5 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Small Quaker
5 Pine Beauty
1 Tawny Pinion
1 Early Grey
1 Frosted Green
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Semioscopis steinkellneriana
1 Emmelina monodactyla
Tawny Pinion, Frosted Green, Ruby Tiger and White Ermine were the first for our garden this year
The Semioscopis steinkellneriana is a new micro to the Holme list

Friday 20th April 2007
Details of Thursday night's catch
7 Powdered Quaker
1 Cabbage Moth
2 Shuttleshaped Dart
1 Northern Drab
1 Hebrew Character

Thursday 19th April 2007
Details of Wednesday Night's catch
11 Powdered Quaker
1 Nut Tree Tussock
1 Red Chestnut
2 Northern Drab
2 Hebrew Character
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Shuttle-shaped Dart
1 Pine Beauty
1 Brindled Pug
2 Scoparia Ambigualis
1 Common Quaker
1 Small Quaker
Shuttle-shaped Dart, Brindled Pug, Nut Tree Tussock are all the first for our garden this year

Wednesday 18th April 2007
Details of Tuesday night's catch
1 Cabbage Moth
1 Lunar Marbled Brown
4 Powdered Quaker
4 Northern Drab
1 Clouded Drab
1 Scoparia ambigualis
1 Red Chestnut
1 Small Quaker
1 Flame Shoulder
1 Common Quaker
1 Streamer
Streamer, Cabbage Moth and Lunar Marbled Brown are our first for the garden this year

Tuesday 17th April 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
2 Common Quaker
3 Northern Drab
1 Pine Beauty
4 Powdered Quaker
1 Angle Shade
1 Early Grey
2 Small Quaker
1 Clouded Drab
2 Scoparia ambigualis
The 3 Northern Drabs are our first of the year

Monday 16th April 2007
After 2 days shrouded in fog and no moths
here are details of Sunday night's catch
1 Latticed Heath
4 Powdered Quaker
2 Hebrew Character
5 Small Quaker
1 Early Grey
1 Angle Shade
2 Clouded Drab
1 Waved Umber
1 Common Quaker
2 Agonopterix Alstromeriana
The Latticed Heath and Waved Umber are the first for our garden this year

Friday 13th April 2007
Details of Thursday night's catch
3 Small Quaker
2 Common Quaker
1 Angle Shade
1 Muslin Moth

Thursday 12th April 2007
Details of Wednesday night's catch
6 Hebrew Character
3 Clouded Drab
5 Small Quaker
1 Angle Shades
1 Early Grey
5 Common Quaker
1 Muslin Moth
This Muslin Moth is the first for our garden this year

Tuesday 10th April 2007
Details of Monday night's catch
5 Clouded Drab
2 Common Quaker
3 Small Quaker
2 Early Grey
2 Hebrew Character
1 Shoulder Stripe
2 Powdered Quaker
1 Pine Beauty

Monday 9th April 2007
Details of Sunday night's catch
3 Common Quaker
7 Clouded Drab
1 Hebrew Character
1 Powder Quaker
1 Early Grey
1 Shoulder Stripe
1 Red Chestnut
2 Pine Beauty
1 Herald
2 Small Quaker
The Herald is the first for our garden this year

Sunday 8th April 2007
Details of Saturday night's catch
3 Common Quaker
4 Clouded Drab
4 Hebrew Character
2 Powder Quaker
1 Small Quaker
2 Early Grey
1 Shoulder Stripe
1 March Moth
The Shoulder Stripe is the first in our garden this year

Saturday 7th April 2007
Details of Friday night's catch
10 Common Quaker
4 Clouded Drab
3 Hebrew Character
2 Powder Quaker
5 Small Quaker
2 Early Grey

Friday 6th April 2007
Details of Thursday night's catch
1 Hebrew Character
6 Clouded Drab
10 Common Quaker
4 Small Quaker
2 Powdered Quaker
1 Pine Beauty
3 Early Grey
1 Early Thorn
2 Scoparia Ambigualis
Powdered Quaker and Scoparia Ambigualis are our first for the year

Thursday 5th April 2007
Details of Wednesday night's catch
Put the traps on for the first time in several days and we were rewarded with a
Red Sword-grass a first for our garden and only the second recorded in the parish of Holme.
Other moths recorded
3 Hebrew Character
4 Common Quaker
1 Clouded Drab
1 Small Quaker