Wednesday, 9 September 2020

on the trail of the lonesome pine

 I made a fairly late decision to put the moth trap out last night, not switching it on until 9pm, as the forecast was for a warm night with cloudy skies. This turned out to be a good move as I had one of the best night recently with the number of moths in the trap up to 17, when previous nights had been down in single figures. Large Yellow Underwings and Dusky Thorns took the lions share with 4 each. The highlight was a tick in the shape of a Pine Carpet, Pennithera firmata.



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