Respectable number of moths at IGC but should have been better!

Ran 3 traps at IGC last night, one of which was the twin 30w actinic. This trap had very few moths in this morning compared to the other 2 for some reason.
Certainly the best number of moths seen this year so far, but I still feel that numbers even of the commoner species were lower than I would expect for the warm humid conditions. 79sp in total, at this time of year in a ‘normal’ season I should be getting well over 100sp. Is this still the influence of the late spring and the wet weather last year? As an example of a common moth that should be out in force I only caught 8 Heart and Dart.
Moths of interest for me included: White pinion spotted (2), Alder, Morophaga choragella, Neofaculta ericetella, Glyphipterix fuscoviridella and Pammene albuginana. Best sighting was the large male Stag beetle sitting next to one of the 125w MV traps.

Neil

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