After several days of empty traps I was beginning to wonder if I was going to make it to 200 backyard macro moths for the year. However, last night there were 3 moths in the trap. There was 1 micro moth, a Lucerne Moth (Nomophila nearctica) and 2 macros, a Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia tatago) and an Ipsilon Dart (Agrotis ipsilon). The Ipsilon Dart (Agrotis ipsilon) is a new species for the year so that brings up the 200!! This is 57 more backyard macro moths than I recorded or identified last year. Sadly, the temperature has been fairly low all day today and is still only 5.8 so I'm not expecting much tonight.
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Ipsilon Dart (Agrotis ipsilon) |
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Lucerne Moth (Nomophila nearctica) |
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