I was up in the North-east of the county yesterday hunting clearwings. After spending a fruitless morning around Carlton marshes SWT reserve (apart from some old Hornet clearwing tunnels in a Poplar tree), I went to North cove SWT reserve in the afternoon. Here I had success, recording one Red-tipped clearwing and two White-barred clearwing, both species coming in to pheromones. The White-barred clearwings are the first records for the county, I suppose it isn’t too surprising the species has been found in the Suffolk broads as it is found at a few sites in the Norfolk broads. The Red-tipped clearwing, looking at the map on the SMG moth guide looks like the first record for VC25, all other records appear to be in the west. On top of these records, I saw a Marsh pug as well, only the second time I have seen that species (the other record was also at this same site).
Neil