The night of the Olive-tree Pearl

The night of 22 November will be remembered as the night of the Olive-tree Pearl or Palpita vitrealis.

Following a moderate arrival in the south of England on Friday night I was expecting to catch this moth last night. No surprise perhaps that two should arrive at my Bawdsey Hall traps then! I was also able to add the species to the Stanny Farm, Iken, site list too when a singleton arrived last night. Even more unexpected however was one that was caught by the Moth Group at Groton Wood last night (on the side of Neil’s trap) – the most inland Suffolk record ever.

It seemed that wherever one deployed a moth trap last night in Suffolk there was a vitrealis to be caught. One wonders just how many must have really arrived last night, probably hundreds!

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One Response to The night of the Olive-tree Pearl

  1. Neil says:

    I didn’t get one! :)

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