Our garden trap (15w actinic green tube) contained 119 moths plus those that escaped which comprised 51 species.
Notable was the number of garden tigers: 5 Is it a good year for them?
I had a Muslin Footman, a garden first !
The other trap was in some birch/willow carr down on the bog: the 10w Goodden light brought in 131 moths of 40 species including 3 fresh Large Emeralds and a Marsh Oblique Barred. The light was enclosed by the trees and below a bank so had very little throw, either these moths travel about more than I think or the trees were loaded with them!
The most numerous were:Double Line x 27, Double Square Spot x 10. There is an oakwood opposite the carr albeit out of sight of the lamp so I thought.
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ReplyDeleteSounds really good Liz. This does seem to be a good year for Garden Tigers we have had several including two on Borth bog night before last. I wonder if they will still be around for National Moths night. I note that there were only 16 records for them in the county last year.
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