After a warm, sunny day, the sky clouded over towards dusk, so the night was fairly mild: the forecast minimum temperature was 7°C, so 5°C is probably more realistic for the village. The full moon must have been quite well covered, but a moderate westerly breeze kept up all night. As usual, by
19h00, moths were buzzing around the trap, with
Oak Beauty and
Pine Beauty perched on the outside of the perspex. A smart
Red-green Carpet rested on the nearby house wall. By morning a spruce
Shoulder Stripe was on the outside of the trap. Within were good numbers of
Orthosia species, with last week's Clouded Drabs being replaced by a lone
Lead-coloured Drab: an apt name for a moth that is overwhelmingly plumbeous in hue. All of these species were new for the trap.
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Shoulder Stripe Anticlea badiata |
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♂ Oak Beauty Biston strataria |
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♂ Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti - note the feathered antennae |
Macro-moths (43 moths of 12 spp.):-
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