Not a bad night but cool after midnight, getting down to +8. I chose Sessay wood near Pilmoor, the 2nd time I have trapped here, and ran 4 traps, all different bulbs and wattages. The highlight of the night was the incredible count of Four-dotted Footman, 103 in total, amounting to nearly 20% of the total catch, and more than 5 times the previous County record.
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| Four-dotted Footman |
The rest of the catch amounted to 75 odd species, with some families surprisingly absent or few in number, but had only my second ever White Satin Moth, and a new site for the Nb status Angle-striped Sallow. Not a bad haul.
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| Angle-striped Sallow |
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| Argyresthia brockeella |
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| Grey Poplar |
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| Suspected |
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| White Satin Moth |
As an addendum to this, my record of five Minor Shoulder-knot seemed to generate interest, so I add a picture of one of these, a very local and declining species in Yorkshire.
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| Minor Shoulder-knot |
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