That's more like it

A much better night last night, 19 moths, of at least 10 species (May be more but my ID skills with Pugs is appalling).

3 Garden Carpet
3 Brimstone Moth (NFM)
6 Pug sp. (only managed to photograph two, see below, any help on ID appreciated)
1 Yellow-Barred Brindle
1 The Mullein (NFM)
1 Pale Prominent
1 Pale Tussock (With damage to wing?)
1 Common Quaker (Very worn)
2 Micros (different species still need ID's)

And so to the images, first some Brimstone Moths which are truly stunning, these yellow gems really do look similar to the butterfly, so much so that my daughter told me they were brimstone's as soon as she saw them (although she did think they were the butterfly).

Brimstone Moth

Brimstone Moth

Brimstone Moth

Next another new one for me, The Mullein, it's a fantastic looking moth as I'm sure you will agree, this one didn't want to leave my finger (which meant my other half had to take this photo) finally I coaxed it off and took the rest.

The Mullein on my finger

The Mullein

The Mullein head

This is another odd looking moth the pale Prominent, they really look like bits of wood, so are harder to find for birds.

Pale Prominent

Pale Prominent from above

Pale Prominent face on

This Pale Tussock looks like it has damage or has a wing that isnt fully formed?

Pale Tussock, left wing seems not fully formed.

And finally some I'm not sure on the ID of, two Pugs, and two Micros, I'd appreciate any help with ID just leave me a comment Thanks.

Unidentified Pug 1

Unidentified pug 2

Unidentified micro 1

unidentified micro 2

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy the images.

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Finally some trapping!

The weather has been appalling, if I have not been at work it has been wet over night and by wet I mean torrential rain, this is supposed to be MAY! Anyway last night was finally dry so I got the trap out, MV bulb blaring and lighting up half the streets gardens. I was, it has to be said, quite disappointed by the results.

I got to the trap and there were two garden carpets hanging around, one I potted, the other dropped into the trap, so I closed it up and went back to bed (it was 4 am) I cam back down around 7 and there was nothing, not a single moth in my trap, the carpet had gone and there was nothing else (not even a blooming Hebrew Character!). So my only moth, or so I thought, was my Garden Carpet, new for this garden, but I've trapped plenty before.

A quick check of the fences however produced a new moth for me in the shape of a stunning Yellow-Barred Brindle, this stunning green Geometridae (see below) was sitting on the fence waiting for my discovery.

Yellow-Barred Brindle

Garden Carpet

Another first

Not much in the trap last two night even though it was overcast (the wind picked up a bit), would have prefered a clear evening to see the meteor shower, but instead I had another first for me in the trap this morning in the form of a stunning EARLY THORN.

1 Hebrew Character
1 Early Grey
1 Early Thorn

Early Thorn

The previous night saw similar numbers but contained a new one for the year in the form of a Emmelina monodactyla.

Emmelina Monodactyla

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