No Flame

Keith and I trapped alongside the river Waveney last evening, with very modest success in keeping with the current trend. We ran 5 traps and the target moth was Flame Wainscot which I know from last year’s record is on the site. No Flame Wainscot. But we did get a few new ones for the year including Common Carpet, Common White Wave, Mottled Pug, Silver-ground Carpet, Clouded Border, Scalloped Hazel, Spectacle, Turnip Moth and Pale Oak Beauty, while Pale-shouldered Brocade was new for the site and we had 4 Balsam Carpet which was a new moth for Keith.
In 2 and half hours, 68 moths of 26 species only 2 of which were micros.

Brian

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One Response to No Flame

  1. keith says:

    I went to see Balsam Carpet. This was at Brian’s Aldeby site in Norfolk. I was very impressed with the site on which Brian has concentrated his trapping efforts on only a small part. There are lots more species there to discover I’m sure!

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