Last night of May brings slight increase.

Ran both 125w MV plus twin 30w traps in the garden last night, resulting in 29sp, my best species total for the year. I’ll check last year’s results but I’m sure even late May 2012 I had higher species counts than that. New for year records included Ancylis mitterbacheriana, Coleophora albicosta (4), Cochylis atricapitana, Common swift, Common pug, Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella, Monopis laevigella, Pale tussock, Small phoenix, Common white wave, Oak hook tip, Bird’s wing, Marbled brown, Campion and probably the best moth Plutella porrectella. Most of these new moths were very fresh, showing they have just emerged.

Neil

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