I refer to Depressaria chaerophylli of which I have taken a further 5 in the last 2 days. Surely others must be finding them in light traps not just me and Paul K. Apart from that my catches have followed the early trend with Frosted Green, Brindled beauty, Nut-tree Tussock, Chocolate-tip, Pebble prominent, Great Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent, V-pug and Streamer all firsts for the year. A trip out to Bromeswell Green on 9th added Frosted Green for the site and Dyseriocrania subpurpurella, Eriocrania sangii, E. semipurpurella, Epinotia immundana and Scrobipalpa acuminatella also many hundreds of gall wasps.
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Hi Raymond,
It’s strange, I had another D. chaerophylli last night, in an otherwise unremarkable catch.
Paul
I’ve not seen any chaerophylli at Bawdsey. I have never heard of this species being noted as a migrant, nor have I heard of records from known coastal stations this spring.
Not seen any at IGC either, in fact it would be very welcome here as I’ve never caught it. With the warm spring we are having this year I suspect local moths are moving around more than normal and we are all trapping more frequently increasing the chances of picking up these wanderers.
Blossom Underwing and D. chaerophlli have been caught on the Norfolk coast too.