Full trap list (Actinic 40W, ST5715, VC9, Dorset):
- 0998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 1
- 1395 Rusty-dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis 1
- 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
This morning it was raining steadily so I thought I'd take the trap inside and use the downstairs loo as a counting station. However, when I disconnected the power and had a peek inside there were a good number of diptera: I decided I may be 'in trouble' if I bring these inside. I dashed back in, got my voice recorder and thought I'd just go quickly through and as you can see this didn't take long.
There still should be a fair few species on the wing about now - under the right conditions that is. Looking at our What's on the wing tonight page you can see the likely candidates. I haven't seen Beaded Chestnut or the Red- and Yellow-line Quakers yet this year, all of which are fairly common.
Looking at the number of species likely in each week I plotted the weekly summary data used on this site:
This is an indication of what you could expect and is based on all Somerset records (including micros) averaged over 20 years. The minimum (at the year end/start) is 16 species and this was written in week 43. Of cause, even at the peak we are very lucky if we sample 100 species in a trap.