On the menu last night

What a difference a couple of 'mild' days make. Overnight temperatures also dared to break in to the positive.

In the 15w actinic were 25 moths of 11 species:

Oak Beauty - 2
Hebrew Character - 3
Satellite - 1
Early Grey - 1
Common Quaker - 8
Clouded Drab - 4
March moth - 2
Twin-spotted Quaker - 1
Small Quaker - 1
Grey Shoulder-knot - 1 (first for the garden)
Chestnut - 1

Grey-shoulder Knot, Satellite and Chestnut over-winter as adults, whereas the other species spend the winter as pupa underground. The caterpillars of Early Grey feed on honeysuckle and the Grey-Shoulder-knot is an oak-feeder. The other species are not as fussy.

Grey Shoulder-knot (this is an image from one I took off ivy last autumn)

 

March Moth - not its typical resting posture

 

Twin-spotted Quaker (a fresher specimen than two nights ago)

Satellite - another individual off ivy last autumn

 



 

Clouded Drabs - a variable species (but will bow to greater knowledge if anyone thinks the paler specimen is a Lead-coloured Drab)

Common Quaker - a nice ginger one