I wouldn’t normally have bothered to run a trap in the weather conditions last night – cool, with a very strong north wind blowing through the garden (strong enough to blow my dustbins over during the night scattering the contents everywhere – grr!).
But, with the xylostella invasion still going on I found the most sheltered spot I could and gave an mv a go. Trap was still there and undamaged in the morning. Only 1 xylostella on the outside so I initially thought it was a waste of time. Soon as the lid was lifted off, I noticed there were quite a few xylostella in there. Final count was 213. Amazing. Virtually the only moth species present, only 10 other species (13 other moths in total). Did include a Mullein though, pleased to get this as it is only my second record of the species at light. Plenty of small larvae on my Mullein plants however!
Is this year ever going to get going?
Neil