The Season moves on:- early May Hollesley

Not high numbers but a good diversity and some pleasing catches. Highest species count was last night at 21 and with 16 on 4th and 5th. Of the routine species (for my location) since my last post have been Frosted Green, Brimstone, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Brindled Beauty, Yellow-barred Brindle, Chocolate-tip, Lunar Marbled Brown, Swallow Prominent, Pebble Prominent, Great Prominent, Flame Shoulder, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Oak Nycteoline, Ocnerostoma friesei, Cochylis atricapitana and Evergestis forficalis. Less common species were Pale Pinion and Herald. Also whilst stating at the Bawdsey Northern Drab hunt that whilst I had seen the larvae I had yet to see the adult Mullein Moth one was making its way to my 125w MV Robinson. A satisfying catch as too was an even greater surprise of a Northern Drab in the same trap last night (7th May). Not the most clearly marked specimen but unmistakeable. Gets a bit windy for a while now so next trapping might have to wait until next week.

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