East Herts garden running a Skinner 125MV trap. Trapped every night with the middle part of the month supplying good numbers, albeit similar species.
New for year macros were: Centre barred sallow, Hoary footman, Brindled green, Frosted orange, Green brindled crescent, Feathered gothic, Brown spot pinion, Cypress pug, Lunar underwing, Deep brown dart, Barred sallow, Mallow, Beaded chestnut and Sallow.
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| Sallow |
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| Brown spot pinion |
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| Barred sallow |
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| Acleris emargana |
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| Cochylis molliculana |
In total, 1878 moths were recorded with big numbers being supplied by Setaceous hebrew character (314) Square spot rustic (120) Lesser BB yellow underwing (184) Lesser yellow underwing (100) Snout (173) Large yellow underwing (146) White point (134) and Common wainscot (662)
These numbers are totals for the year, not just September.
In all, the total moths for the year stood at 7879 on 1st October, made up of 156 micro species and 234 macro species. Should pass 400 in the next couple of weeks. Still a fair few often taken by now that have not showed eg Black rustic, Red line quaker, Yellow line quaker, Merveille du Jour, Pink barred sallow etc.
