SMG Moth Night – Dunwich Forest – 14th September 2012

Four people turned up for this meeting – the last on the year’s programme. With the breeze appearing to come from the south we headed to our usual spot on the northern edge of the forest, although on reaching the site we realised that the wind was actually coming from the north but wasn’t too bad down on the track.

Seven lights were put out along and to the side of the track and for a change the sheet light did quite well. An early visitor was Webb’s Wainscot with a Brown-veined Wainscott a bit later. Moth of the night, Oblique Carpet, also turned up at the sheet – not a moth we’ve seen too much of in recent years.

Moth activity tailed off after a couple of hours with just under 40 species recorded in all. Other species of interest were Bulrush Wainscot, Pandemis corylana, Cochylis implicitana, Frosted Orange, Eudonia truncicolella and Buff and Dingy Footman.

Tony

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