However, things are beginning to pick up and last night, with the 15 watt heath trap set along a well wooded bridle path, I took 53 moths with a fair few expected new for year.
Before this, I had just run the garden Skinner 125 watt trap in the garden. Here I have added:
Straw underwing (04.viii.17)
Small phoenix (04.viii.17)
Cocylis molliclunana (04.viii.17)
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (09.viii.17)
Canary shouldered thorn (11.viii.17) Only my 2nd record following a 2014 capture in Millennium Wood
Dusky thorn (12.viii.17)
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| Canary shouldered thorn |
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| same insect |
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| Dusky thorn |
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| Canary shouldered thorn |
Last night, (13.viii.17) at Valley Fields I took new for year specimens of:
Dark sword grass
Purple bar
Svensson's copper underwing
Six spot rustic
Square spot rustic.
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| Dark sword grass from Valley Fields |
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| dark sword grass from garden on the same night |
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| Flounced rustic |
These additions take the total species for the year to 418, with 241 macros and 177 micros. In total, now up to 6651 moths for 2017.
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