Moth of the moment.

The White-mantled wainscot certainly seems to be ‘moth of the moment’. I ran 2 traps on Sunday night (2nd Aug) beside the main reedbed area on the golf course, the known site for a colony of the moth. Pleased to find three of that species the following morning, so the colony is still extant. In fact this is my highest night count of this moth here, I normally only get one, rarely two. Very few other wainscots noted strangely, only singles of Fen, Smoky and Webb’s. Not pleased to find the transparent collar plus the cone knocked off one of the traps, presumably by a mammal trying to get at the contents inside. Light still running so some moths caught despite this.

Neil

IGC White-mantled wainscot

IGC White-mantled wainscot

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