Rain brings Quadra to the Hall

One of my Bawdsey traps was this morning graced by the presence of a female Four-spotted Footman. I took a male of this species here several months ago.

A great selection of autumn moths now flying with numbers building nightly of Grey Pine Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Lunar Underwing, Beaded Chestnut, Brown-spot Pinion, Brick, Autumnal Rustic, Large Wainscot, Feathered Ranunculus, Feathered Brindle, Black Rustic, Barred Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow and Sallow to name some. Deep-brown Dart and Mallow were recorded for the first time this year last night. A single Orange Sallow (a rarity here) was noted on 18th. Heath Rustic has had a good season here with regular captures.

Still catching lots of yellow underwings with a lovely marked example of Lesser Yellow Underwing taken last night. Orbona still about though some now a little worn.

Migrants including odd Pearly Underwings; regular Dark Sword-grass and Silver Y. Another Golden Twin-spot was taken on 20th; single Vestals on 18th and 19th and a Bedstraw Hawk-moth on 18th.

Many oddities (extra broods etc) recently have included Bee Moth, Swallow-tailed Moth, Yellow-tail, Buff Footman, Marbled White-spot and Tawny Shears. These have helped bolster numbers and 105 species were recorded on the foggy night of 19th.

Micros have been surprisingly good with pyrales including pallida, angustea, abietella, limbata, extimalis, nubilalis, ferrugalis, falsella, contaminella, straminella, hamella, palumbella and sociella in the past week. Tortrix still about including a probable E. caprana, atricapitana, hybridella, molliculana and postvittana. The adventive Tachystola acroxantha has been putting in a regular appearance.

I am still awaiting the appearance of Red & Yellow-line Quaker, Satellite, Chestnut and Merveille du Jour although I anticipate catching these by the end of the month.

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