An early visit to the moth trap looked to be just a job of noting regulars: small magpie, double square spot, heart and dart, clouded border, yellowtail, rustics, privet hawk, poplar hawk, peppered moth etc but things got better. A 2nd garden record of lilac beauty was pleasing, as was the first record of purple thorn this year but the highlight was undoubtedly a female oak eggar. This is an uncommon moth at light traps and my 1st record for the parish. Very pleasing and certainly worth the early visit. Reckon this might have been around for a couple of days, as a large moth crashed around on Wednesday night but didn't stop at the trap and was too fast to net.
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| female oak eggar |
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| oak eggar, close up |
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| purple thorn |
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| oak eggar |
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