The wrong species of Lampronia

Saturday 11th I was at Blocka Carr and Fen at Fritton. The target species was Lampronia capitella. Only the previous week one had been taken in Norfolk at Strumpshaw and starting last year having found Red Currant at  Blocka Carr I planned to target the species once a year. Only one light among the food-plant in the Carr for safety reasons as on my own, and two around the outskirts of the woodland and one on the bridleway through the middle of the Fen were laid out. It seemed an ideal night and the site had not been hit by the heavy afternoon showers that many other places had suffered a little further inland. Moths were slow to steady to light and were nothing more than fair in number at the end. 78 species of which 29 were micros. Hawk-moths were singles of Poplar and Eyed. Best macros were Red-necked Footman, Alder Kitten, Flame Wainscot and Flame Carpet ( uncommon here ), these were all singles too! Micros included, N. cilialis, M. choragella, A mitterbachereriana, E. falciformis, Brachmia inornatella. E. ministrana was the most common tortrix. Moth of the night however was Lampronia fuscatella, caught in the Red-currant trap. Previously recorded by myself and Brian just a third of a mile away at the Scale marsh site at neighbouring St Olaves in 2013

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  1. Raymond Watson says:

    Good luck in finding capitella.

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