After emptying the trap last week i, as usual had a look round the wall's etc. looking for anything that might have settled elsewhere, but didn't find anything. However, when I went into the back yard at dinner time, I spotted two Buff Arches, resting under the door overhang. I clearly missed those when doing the rounds in the morning.
With that in mind, I had a really good look round this morning finding nothing. So dinner time came, I went out and promptly found a moth running along the concrete floor. A Sycamore, Acronicta aceris, another lifer, which was quickly followed by a Mottled Beauty, Alcis repandata, of the form conversaria. Where where these hiding this morning.
These take the catch up to 35 moths of 20 species.
Sycamore Acronicta aceris
Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata, f. conversaria
The strangest find in the trap this morning was the remains of a White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipedia lying at the bottom of the trap under one of the egg carton.
With that in mind, I had a really good look round this morning finding nothing. So dinner time came, I went out and promptly found a moth running along the concrete floor. A Sycamore, Acronicta aceris, another lifer, which was quickly followed by a Mottled Beauty, Alcis repandata, of the form conversaria. Where where these hiding this morning.
These take the catch up to 35 moths of 20 species.
The strangest find in the trap this morning was the remains of a White Ermine, Spilosoma lubricipedia lying at the bottom of the trap under one of the egg carton.
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