I read the postings of coastal trappers with interest and envy, thinking that there are some moths I will never catch. So I was delighted when a small green and black moth in the trap this morning (19th) turned out to be a Tree-lichen Beauty. I don’t think that this species has been found so far inland in Suffolk (TM07 10km square). It completely eclipsed another good moth in the trap: my first record of Garden Tiger.
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A tree lichen beauty also turned up last night in my Robinson trap in Grundisburgh.
Good one! Have been looking out for it for a few years now but as yet it hasn’t made it this far up the coast.
They seem to be spreading and establishing themselves rapidly. They are quite common here at Hollesley this year.
They have been well established inland around the suburbs of London for several years.
I’ve trapped the highest numbers of this moth at my site this year, seeing it every night at present. Another one last night, almost certainly established here. Watch out up the coast won’t be long now till it arrives I’m sure.
Neil