Set the portable 15 watt Heath type trap on footpaths over Ash Valley Golf Course on Monday night. A good haul of expected moths as the trap was placed under flowering sallows. 44 Common quaker along with a red green carpet which was a new moth for the year. In the haul of 66 moths was a small micro moth that, under the magnifier, looked to be Agonopterix ocellana. If so, a new moth for the parish.
I dropped it off at Graeme's for a 2nd opinion and he confirmed my suspicions. Moth species 708 for my parish records.
Surprisingly, took a 2nd one last night so they are now established in Little Hadham which is not unexpected.
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