The night of the 17th, as reported by others was a very good night for moth trapping, certainly my best night for the year so far. The 2 traps operated recorded 140sp, with large numbers of moths caught (especially micros). Best and most surprising species was a Many-lined, a species I’ve only ever seen once before and that was at Covehithe in 2006. Only other migrants in the trap were 2 Plutella xylostella.
Other species of interest for this site included: Thiodia citrana (5 a good count for me as this hasn’t been seen many times at my site), Gypsonoma minutana, Eana incanana, Thiotricha subocellea, Epiblema foenella, Sophronia semicostella, Festoon, White satin and Shaded fan foot.
After hearing others caught quite a few Large yellow underwing I count myself lucky that I only caught one. This species can be quite a pest in the trap if large numbers are caught as they walk all over and disturb the other moths.
Neil
You are right there Neil. We had that problem on Tuesday night. Just as you are about to delicately pot an interesting micro, along comes a blundering LYU to upset the process!
Brian