Crash in numbers at IGC too.

Like Matthew my moth numbers have also dropped this week, not surprising really given the cool nights early in the week plus the rain finishing off the late summer stuff. C.40sp both nights. Didn’t bother running any traps until Wednesday when it felt warmer, the first time for 6 days. Also ran 2 lights last night at the worksheds despite the forecast rain as again it felt mild and wanted to get some trapping in before the bad weather returns. Trap contents not really much different to last week, with the commonest moth the Large yellow underwing, also good numbers of Hedge rustic. Both Square-spot rustic and Feathered gothic on the way down now. Other moths of minor interest: Lunar yellow underwing (2 both nights), Autumnal rustic (first last night), Feathered ranunculus (again first last night, 2), Heath rustic (1 in garden traps Wednesday and 6 in workshed traps last night) and another Centre-barred sallow (Wednesday). No other sallows have appeared here yet and the autumnal species still very thin on the ground, probably due to the late leaf burst this year holding up the larval growth.
Micros now in very small numbers with Ypsolopha sequella the only species of minor note here. Odd records of Plutella xylostella and Nomophila noctuella have been the only migrants.

Neil

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