On the evening of 24 April we put out a light trap for moths in the hydro garden. It was quite a chilly evening and the following morning we found just one visitor in the trap – this velvety brown muslin moth. This was a male, dark in colour and nocturnal. The females are white and active during daytime. They have one generation in a year, the adults flying between April and early June.

We plan to survey for moths each month through to September.