Last night I ran my traps at home and it was very worthwhile. In fact, suddenly, the season seems to be where it should for a typical year. The 4 traps scattered in varied habitats produced a very good mix of mostly regular moths for the site. Traps were packed away with the first drops of rain at 03.30. Of the 111 species some of the best for me were; Water Ermine 5, Cream bordered green-pea, Maple Prominent, Small Elephant Hawk- moth, Figure of Eighty. There were 4 Silver Y well distributed, along with 130 Diamond-back moth. Among the 41 species of micros S. gigantella, E pallidata B. inornatella. Best moths were Cochylis nana and Phalonida manniana which I may have to keep for verification. To me the latter has much more bold, dark, marking than its new confusion species but both species food plants are established here.
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