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Trapping in the Dry is much harder work, both the physical conditions and the fact that the fauna is dominated by micro moths at this period and they are very poorly illustrated and so ID of specimens takes much longer. As a result I tend to get out less frequently than during the Wet. I also try and use the time on other projects, particularly my draft for An Introduction to The Moths of FNQ which I am hoping to get online sometime in the next 12 months web building skills not withstanding.
Here are a couple more from last week - I am hoping to get out tomorrow and possibly Saturday but after that the moon too bright to be worth while for a couple of weeks
Pericyma cruegeri (Erebidae, Erebinae) - I haven't seen the form with the white panel in the forewings for a long time so this was very nice to catch
Pataeta carbo (Euteliidae, Eutelinae) - a species I seem to find in the house more frequently than out in the bush!
Aiteta pratti (Nolidae, Chloephoriinae) - this species has been regular on the sheet over the last 12 months

<blockquote data-quote="Atropos" data-source="post: 4514016" data-attributes="member: 145709">Trapping in the Dry is much harder work, both the physical conditions and the fact that the fauna is dominated by micro moths at this period and they are very poorly illustrated and so ID of specimens takes much longer. As a result I tend to get out less frequently than during the Wet. I also try and use the time on other projects, particularly my draft for An Introduction to The Moths of FNQ which I am hoping to get online sometime in the next 12 months web building skills not withstanding.Here are a couple more from last week - I am hoping to get out tomorrow and possibly Saturday but after that the moon too bright to be worth while for a couple of weeksPericyma cruegeri (Erebidae, Erebinae) - I haven't seen the form with the white panel in the forewings for a long time so this was very nice to catchPataeta carbo (Euteliidae, Eutelinae) - a species I seem to find in the house more frequently than out in the bush!Aiteta pratti (Nolidae, Chloephoriinae) - this species has been regular on the sheet over the last 12 months</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Atropos, post: 4514016, member: 145709"] Trapping in the Dry is much harder work, both the physical conditions and the fact that the fauna is dominated by micro moths at this period and they are very poorly illustrated and so ID of specimens takes much longer. As a result I tend to get out less frequently than during the Wet. I also try and use the time on other projects, particularly my draft for An Introduction to The Moths of FNQ which I am hoping to get online sometime in the next 12 months web building skills not withstanding. Here are a couple more from last week - I am hoping to get out tomorrow and possibly Saturday but after that the moon too bright to be worth while for a couple of weeks [B]Pericyma cruegeri (Erebidae, Erebinae)[/B] - I haven't seen the form with the white panel in the forewings for a long time so this was very nice to catch [B]Pataeta carbo (Euteliidae, Eutelinae)[/B] - a species I seem to find in the house more frequently than out in the bush! [B]Aiteta pratti (Nolidae, Chloephoriinae)[/B] - this species has been regular on the sheet over the last 12 months [/QUOTE]

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