Took the trap to a private garden in Westland Green. Mature woodland with grassy patches. Mainly deciduous but trap placed under a large conifer. Over 200 moths trapped, still sorting out micros and a fair collection of macros. However, photos below give an idea of what was about. Maiden's Blush being a new moth for me. Left the trap at 11.00pm with the temperature at 11C, returning at 5.15, by which time the temperature was 6C. Might be the reason not more moths were trapped.
The square spotted clay is a nationally scarce moth, placed on the B list. Up until a few years ago its presence meant that a bio diversity priority status could be granted upon the area where it was trapped. However, over the last few years it has moved south west in its range, with 84 specimens being recorded for Hertfordshire between 2000 and 2006
The photos at the bottom show a variety of the rustic family, including square spot rustic, vine's rustic and 6 striped rustic. These show the complexities of moth identification. The rarer sqaure spotted clay is not too dissimilar, either!
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| angle shades |
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| brimstone |
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| common wainscot |
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| feathered gothic |
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| latticed heath |
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| latticed heath |
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| light emerald |
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| maiden's blush |
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| orange swift |
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| rosy rustic |
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| turnip moth |
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| square spotted rustic |
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| six striped rustic |
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| square spotted clay |
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| vine's rustic |
1 comment:
great pics as usual Jono, and one of my firm favs too... Lattice Heath are stunners :-)
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