April moth news at IGC.

Like Raymond, I did well here in the warm spell around mid month but didn’t bother to trap on many nights later on with the cooler clear weather.
Orthosia numbers dropped off from mid month as expected, has been a good year for them here except for Powdered quaker that hasn’t been seen at all. Been some late records of regulars, with both March moth and Oak beauty being noted on the 8th. Here, has been a good year for Brindled beauty and Great prominent. Unlike Raymond has been a poor year for Frosted green with quite low numbers, normally a common species. Dotted chestnut has continued it’s good run with two more on the 8th and 24th.
Macros of interest for this site included a Streamer on the 24th – very rare here only my 4th ever record and also a nice Mullein moth on the same date, not commonly seen as an adult.
Micros were more interesting. Best was Depressaria chaerophylli, found on the 22nd, a new site record. Other species of note were Pammene argyrana (a few) and a Pammene splendidulana (third site record of this smart moth). There were also 10 Adela cuprella seen flying over a flowering Sallow by day on the 18th.

Neil

Streamer

Streamer

Depressaria chaerophylli

Depressaria chaerophylli

Pammene splendidulana

Pammene splendidulana

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One Response to April moth news at IGC.

  1. Raymond Watson says:

    D. chaerophylli seems to be on a general increase.

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