When one of these bad boys hits you on the head it hurts! Cockchafer Beetles have the weight and density of a small conker, only they fly faster. When I lit up rural Northumberland with my moth trap on Monday night they came hurtling from all directions.
The longworth trap caught a Wood Mouse and one of these:
Bank Vole
Noctule bats joined me on the moth hunt
May Highflyer
323 Phyllonorycter oxycanthae
A tiny moth about 4mm long
A tiny moth about 4mm long
Scorched Wing
Clouded Silver
Spectacle
Small Phoenix
Silver Ground Carpet
Water Carpet
Flame Carpet
Common Lutestring
Engrailed
0141 Nematopogan schwarziellus
Dwarf Pug
Brindled Pug (I think)
some beauties there :)
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Nice moth catch :-)
ReplyDeleteWas the Bank Vole from your garden Tim?
Mark - Vole was from the same location as the moths, a few miles north of Corbridge.
ReplyDeleteAh, I thought you`d just been running the trap in the garden, not elsewhere. Thanks Tim, and nice find with the Vole btw :-)
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