I wasn’t expecting much from the trap last night having returned home under the same clear skies that meant a relatively quiet night in Dunwich Forest so, finding a specimen of Euspilapteryx auroguttella sitting in its charactistic tripod pose, with antennae spinning, came as a bit of a surprise – and is a fab addition to the garden list. Getting a decent image will test both my nerves and skill so, for the time being, pictured below is one I managed to breed out of a cone on St John’s Wort collected from Wolves Wood in 2013. Also taken last night was the second garden record of Aproaerema anthyllidella.
E. auroguttella (ex Wolves Wood 2013)