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Friday 19 September 2014

At Last, a few new moths

After 10 days of dismal returns at the moth trap, things picked up Wednesday night and continued to improve last night.
In all: 4 new for year moths, 2 macros:  brown spot pinion and brindled green, both common and expected. Micros had 2 new for the year list: Ypsolopha sequella and Hypsopygia glaucinalis, again, both expected.
More unexpected was a small emerald that in Hertfordshire, rarely shows a 2nd generation apart from after hot summers.Carpet sp were reasonably represented with wood carpet, common marbled carpet and scorched carpet. In all, over the last 2 nights, 32 moths of 19 species, so mustn't grumble.
brindled green

silver Y

Archips podana (female)

scorched carpet

Ypsolopha sequella

Brown spot pinion

wood carpet (late and unusual for Herts)

small emerald

lunar underwing

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