December Delight

I was a bit sceptical about running last night but a text from Matthew to say it was 12′c and thick cloud on the coast prompted me to do otherwise. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much having had blank nights on most of my recent efforts, and felt even less hopeful when the cloud thinned soon after light on allowed the supermoon to play hide and seek for much of the rest of the night. A rummage through the egg trays this morning revealed nothing apart from a caddis fly, so I packed everything away and set about doing jobs around the house and garden. Roll forward to this afternoon when I happened to be by the shed and glanced down at the bottom of the door. There, tucked up against on the slats, was a December Moth (Poecilocampa populi). Although there are a number of oaks nearby this is one species that has always eluded me in the past so comes as a very welcome addition to the garden list … and a reminder to keep the moth-trapping faith!

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  1. Neil says:

    Well done Paul! I had one come in to my kitchen window whilst doing the washing up yesterday evening. Had 5 in my traps this morning too. One of my favourite moths.

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