(0006) Dyseriocrania subpurpurella (33703374742)

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Summary[edit] Description: More quality with a little more quantity too My first trapping session of April was of course on the night of the 1st on Saturday and I had quite a small catch but to be expected as it was cool and clear with a temperature down to 5c come the morning. The only moth of interest from that night was a second record for the year of Grey Shoulder-knot. On Monday night things picked up dramatically, with a warm day with highs of nigh on 18 degrees the sky did duly clear as the sun set but by this morning we had cloud and the thermometer read 9c. n There was also about 90% more moths in and around the trap than when I checked at 11pm. Another Grey Shoulder-knot, a different example to Saturday night's specimen was nice to see, but even better and strangely?? inside the kitchen on the patio door was only my second ever garden record of Powdered Quaker..how it got in I don't know but it must have flew in last night when I had the door open sorting the rubbish bins, result! The second surprise was a Knot Grass which I nearly mistook for an Early Grey! This is my earliest ever record of this species and I typically record it from May to July with my earliest previous record on the 30th of April in 2014, so a month early give or take a few days. Not content with those I also recorded year first specimens of Nut-tree Tussock and Dyseriocrania subpurpurella. Catch Report - 01/04/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Clear/Cold - min 5c Macro Moths 3x Common Quaker 1x Early Grey 1x Grey Shoulder-knot 6x Hebrew Character 1x Small Quaker Micro Moths 3x Emmelina monodactlya Catch Report - 03/04/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Clear to start with but cloudy by 6am - temp 9c Macro Moths 1x Knot Grass [NFY] 1x Nut-tree Tussock [NFY] 1x Powdered Quaker [NFY] 1x Clouded Drab 13x Common Quaker 3x Double-striped Pug 1x Early Grey 1x Grey Shoulder-knot 9x Hebrew Character 1x Small Quaker Micro Moths 1x Dyseriocrania subpurpurella [NFY] 3x Emmelina monodactlya. Date: 5 April 2017, 15:56. Source: [0006] Dyseriocrania subpurpurella. Author: Ben Sale from UK.