Last night Brian and I ran our lights at my Wicker Well, Somerleyton, site. I chose to run mine along a marsh edge sheltered by a wooded slope. Conditions seemed very good there and moths at switch on fairly active. Brian trapped in woodland and on tracks as usual at this site. I was hoping for 50 species and the sheet trap performed steadily. We checked the rest of Brians traps, then heading for mine there was just darkness and silence. Unfortunately the generator I was using had switched itself off and on restarting persisted in doing so for the remainder of the night. Consequently my traps only contributed 2 species and had more slugs on them than moths in them. With temperatures hovering around 11c the species count total was 31, with Flame Wainscot, May High-flyer and Buff-tip among them. Best however was Pauper Pug, caught some 1/2 mile down-wind from the mile or so of Lime Avenues on the Estate Parkland where I had the species last year.
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