Saturday, 18 May 2019

Hello to Y5 and Y6 Entomologists!


 My moth trap. The bulb at the top is a special one that's very bright. It stays on all night and the moths come to look. Then they snuggle down into the egg boxes below and stay there.

Here are the moths I caught on Friday May 18th:


Garden Carpet moth

Muslin moth

 Spectacles

 Shuttle-shaped Dart moth

 Heart and Dart moth

 A micro-moth, one of the Tortrix family

 Above and below: the Iron Prominent moth. It's called Prominent because its front legs
 stick out in front when it's resting.

And here's a male Emperor moth I saw on Whixall Moss.

And here are some moths I caught on Saturday 1st June:

Bee moth

 Brimstone

 Magpie

 Elephant Hawk moth

 Green Carpet moth

 Peppered moth

 Light Emerald

 Clouded Silver

Pale Tussock

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