2 Traps running last night up in the woodland on the site here, slight improvement in the number of species and number of moths. A few micros appearing in the warm conditions. 19sp in total, with the following of possible interest: Diurnea lipsiella (2, first for year), Ypsolopha parenthesella (a late record, very worn), Plutella xylostella (1), Rush veneer (2), Red-green carpet (6, has been another good year for this species for me), Streak (10, a better number after a poor showing so far), November moth agg. (only 7, I should normally be getting loads of this at this time of year) and a Large wainscot.
Following on from Mark’s post on Ivy, I’ve checked my records for this year of what I’ve found on my patch, turns out I’ve seen 37sp in total. Not bad! Hardly any flowers left still going on the clump now so don’t think I’ll be adding any more.
Neil
You beat me by two for the 24th, but the wind blowing my Skinner open didn’t help. Only been getting Ypsolopha ustella at present. Very variable species! Not up to much for a while now the weather has changed.