Moth Trapping Howdon - First Half of April 2016

April so far has been rather poor according to my records (only 1 year though) and from what others have said especially Tom Tams who has been living in the land of no night although I believe the nighttime sun has now been switched off.  Last year in the first half of the month I trapped 130 moths but this month so far is only 66 which is a 50% drop.  Lets hope the 2nd half of April will fare better.
So here are the results from the Howdon Jury:


2 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.25	Anorthoa munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1
70.156	Eupithecia abbreviata	Brindled Pug	2

Twin-spotted Quaker

Brindled Pug

3 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	8

4 April 2016

73.244 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1 73.242 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 1 73.249 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 4

Hebrew Character

5 April 2016

73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	3
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2

7 April 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	3
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	1

Clouded Drab

8 April 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1

9 April 2016

73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	2

10 Apr 2016

73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	5

Common Quaker

11 Apr 2016

73.242

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

1

13 April 2016

73.247	Orthosia gracilis	Powdered Quaker	1
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4
70.202	Trichopteryx carpinata	Early Tooth-striped	1

Early Tooth-striped

(First one ever)

Powdered Quaker

(New for the Year)

14 April 2016

73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

4

Well thats it for the first half of the month as all days not mentioned the trap was out but the cupboard was bare in the morning.

Good Trapping

John Hall