Scallops

Still the chill; but we had a moment of real warmth yesterday afternoon and the forecast is for proper May weather by Wednesday. About time too. As if to bear this out, the first newcomer to the trap for quite a while arrived last night. It's a Scalloped Hazel, not uncommon and a regular visitor in past year; but a sight for sore eyes, over-used to eggboxes empty apart from a few Quakers, Drabs and Pugs.

Talking of the last, they sent a representative too, perched on the outer frame of the trap and very small by comparison with the Scalloped Hazel. I sense that good things are on the way. Sap rising, buds bursting, moths coming... All that sort of thing.

Update: the expert Ben Sale, to who I am ever thankful, identifies this as a Dwarf Pug which, as he says, is far from the smallest of the tribe, in spite of its name.  See comments.