A Magpie in the trap

The Magpie - the moth, that is...

After carefully consulting the weather forecast, I decided that it would probably be a reasonable night to put the moth trap out. A few light showers were predicted.

Of course, it rained more than they said it would, but despite that, there were at least 100 moths of 35+ species in the trap this morning (and a few UFOs too).

But  can't say I'll be that keen to put the trap out on a damp night again.

Moth list follows...

• Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic, 11
• Flame Shoulder, 8
• Mother of Pearl, 8
• Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 7
• Straw Underwing, 5
• The Dun-bar, 5
• Cloaked Minor, 4
• Willow Beauty, 4
• Black Arches, 3
• Common Footman, 3
• Dingy Footman, 3
• Lesser Swallow Prominent, 3
• Scalloped Oak, 3
• Uncertain/The Rustic, 3
• Common Wainscot, 2
• Dark Arches, 2
• Dusky Sallow, 2
• Riband Wave, 2
• Setaceous Hebrew Character, 2

And one each of:

• Beautiful Hook-tip
• Bright-line Brown-eye
• Brown-line Bright-eye
• July Highflyer
• Lime Speck Pug
• Pebble Prominent
• Red/Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
• Rosy Rustic
• Ruby Tiger
• Scarce Footman
• Silver Y
• Small Waved Umber
• Smoky Wainscot
• The Drinker
• The Magpie
• Yellow-tail

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640