{"id":6692,"date":"2010-12-14T10:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T10:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2010-12-14T10:40:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T10:40:30","slug":"moths-at-the-porch-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/12\/moths-at-the-porch-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Moths at the Porch Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t put the moth trap out for quite a while now &#8211; Shame on me &#8211; but the weather hasn&#8217;t really been conducive and we haven&#8217;t had the time. 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