Last Nights Moths – Rosy Rustic
The moth trap went out last night. No rain, moderate winds and a minimum temperature of 15.3ºC resulted in 22 different species, 135 moths in total and one new species to me. Nothing too exciting but quite a large number of Small Square Spots.
- 22 x Silver Y
- 4 x Archer’s Dart
- 13 x Setaceous Hebrew Character
- 1 x Yellow-tail
- 2 x Common Marbled Carpet
- 4 x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
- 1 x Willow Beauty
- 14 x Large Yellow Underwing
- 1 x Dingy Footman
- 2 x Purple Bar
- 3 x Dark Sword Grass
- 6 x Flounced Rustic
- 9 x Flame Shoulder
- 35 x Small Square Spot
- 1 x Sallow Kitten
- 1 x White-line Dart
- 6 x Dark Arches
- 1 x Gold Spot
- 4 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 1 x July Highflyer
- 1 x Antler Moth
- 3 x Rosy Rustic*
Rosy Rustic
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Al, can you post a picture of the actual Moth-trap so I can see what it looks like, please.
Ta.
OK, I’ll get some photos of it later and post them up here soon.
Al.