As the last few nights have been poor for trapping, I’ve taken a break to catch up on last week. Certainly was quite good at times, although some nights were clear so there were lower numbers caught. The best night was the 23rd when I caught just over 150sp, this night I’ve already covered in another message. Other nights I caught 80-110sp, sometimes only running one trap instead of the usual 2 depending on time available. Moths of note included the following.
Golden plusia (first site record, a female in the garden trap. Has it been drawn to the garden by the Delphiniums that I planted specifically for this species last year I wonder?), Least carpet (has been in good numbers this year), Yponomeuta rorrella (picked up a few of the immigrant wave of this species), Vitula biviella (regular), Sharp-angled carpet (first record for a few years), Grass emerald, Eucosma conterminana, L-Album wainscot, Saltern ear, Chocolate tip (first for year, no spring brood seen at all here this year), Lilac beauty, Lunar yellow underwing, Oak eggar, Recurvaria leucatella, Festoon, Slender pug, Teleoides vulgella, Suspected, Kent black arches and Caloptilia populetorum.
Here is a photo of moth of the week for the site for me, the Golden plusia.
Neil
