Ashby Warren 31 May

Brian and I were joined by Allan Eaton at this site by Fritton Lake for my first moth night out since July 2018 and we drove on site at 9pm to be greeted by swarms of midges while setting up, which persisted in being a constant nuisance throughout the night. Not only that but I pulled off the end of one of my cables reducing me down to three traps but Brian had  five, so all in all not too bad. 100 species recorded including; Cream Wave , Little Emerald, Birch Mocha, Clay Triple Lines (many). Strophedra weirana just about at every trap and lots of Ancylis mitterbacheriana. Brachmia inornatella, Lobesia reliquana also recorded. There were a few outstanding moths, Brindled White-spot is scarce up here and this is the only site I know. Without Allan we might not have seen the other two which were mega micros. Ancylis upupana which Brian and I had on the Estate in 2017 at a different site and the moth I had hoped for and talked about to Allan on the way down being Triaxomera fulvimitrella, a second record for the site for which this is still I believe the only Suffolk site, with it being unrecorded in Norfolk, one record in South Essex and a few in Cambs. Most amazingly we had written up our notes at my truck and Allan spotted a micro on my chair on the truck back seat and that was the fulvimitrella!

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One Response to Ashby Warren 31 May

  1. Raymond Watson says:

    Good to see you out again Keith. Very good to confirm the site for T fulvimitrella.

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