What a difference a night makes

I finally got round to taking up the invitation of setting my trap in the grounds of a large private estate in the village last night. I only had the actinic and a 15m cable to run from mains so it didn’t stretch far! The weather didn’t really do what it said it would and only 56 moths of 23 species (19 macros) put in an appearance. A village tick for me was a Buff Footman. Two Leopards near the trap were good to see – does anyone else notice that they don’t seem keen on going in? My micro book enabled me to id Rhyacionia pinicolona – very smart.

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2 Responses to What a difference a night makes

  1. Raymond Watson says:

    Leopard goes into my twin actinic Skinner.

  2. Neil says:

    I find that Leopard moths can quite often be found around the vicinity of traps but not actually in them, and when out at moth nights I have found them crawling in to the sheet light with wings whirring, seems they are weak fliers.

    Neil

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