Mercury comes up trumps

I borrowed a 125w Mercury Vapour lamp yesterday and deployed it on the Skinner trap in a private garden just round the corner from me. I trapped here last season and it produced some good moths for the village list. What was once "just fields" is now a rich tapestry of maturing shrubs and trees.

Surprisingly, there were fewer moths in trap (44) than the night before on the 15 watt actinic (47). I suspect the clear skies may have played a part. What may have lacked in quantity was more than made up for in quality. I didn't appreciate that Red-Green Carpet over-wintered as an adult. The specimen in the trap was immaculate. How do they manage that?

Totals were:

Common Quaker - 12
Small Quaker - 7
Hebrew Character - 13
Clouded Drab - 1
Early Grey - 2
Twin-spotted Quaker - 1
Brindled Beauty - 1
Double-striped Pug - 1
Brindled Pug - 2 (although if anyone wishes to tell me differently once they have seen the picture please do)
Engrailed - 1
Nut-tree Tussock - 1
Powdered Quaker - 1
Red-Green Carpet -1

All of the images with the exception of the Powdered Quaker were taken in situ on the trap.

 

Powdered Quaker

 

Red-Green Carpet

 

Nut-tree Tussock

 

Engrailed

 

Brindled Pug (I think)