A long awaited new moth at IGC.

Arriving at my traps this morning before work – well, still night actually, the down-side to starting at 6a.m – running around the work-shed woodland things looked promising with a number of moths on the outside. A nice Canary-shouldered thorn caught me eye on top of the trap, oh why couldn’t it have been a Dusky, I thought to myself. A moth I’ve never recorded at the site in the 20 years I’ve been trapping here. But, hang on, the torch beam picked up another thorn resting in the grass close by. I couldn’t believe it, it was a Dusky! A common moth to a lot of people and I’ve seen it around the county many times but I was very pleased to see it here! My second new macro of the year following on from the Blossom underwing trapped way back in March.
A good count of species in the traps with 61 recorded. 7 Hedge rustic and 4 Feathered gothic of interest in the macros. Stenolechia gemmella, Acrocercops brongniardella of note in the micros. Continuing the theme on unusual second brood moths, Riband wave, Single-dotted wave, Archips podana, Platytes cerussella, Flame and Carcina quercana noted. Not plagued by underwings here unlike the coastal trappers, only 40 Large yellows noted and singles of the others. No migrants made it this far inland either. Still none of the colourful autumnal species, I see from the web that Orange sallow, Lunar underwing, Black rustic and Yellow-line quaker have been seen already. Maybe one of the more colourful species will make an appearance tonight.

Neil

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