Until last night, things had been verging on the unspectacular around the village. The cold nights brought very little in, on the 1st for example I had just nine species (23 moths). There was a flurry of Rush Veneers (4 on the 29th the best) and a single Dark-Sword Grass on the 3rd. Singles of Mullein Wave and Southern Wainscot have put in their annual “for one-night only” showing at home and a Barred Red took the village list to 312 on the 3rd.
I have been getting sporadic singles of Lunar Yellow Underwing for a month or two, but last night among 63 moths I had six. All showed the solid black mark on the forewing and all were the size of Lessers (I appreciate that some Large Yellows have a similar marking). Am I right in thinking that Lessers never show this feature?
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There are a lot of Lunar around at present, more than the Lesser. The stigma on the underwing of course identifies the species and I have never seen a Lesser with a dark sub-apical mark.