Having not done any trapping for weeks now, probably mainly due to the lack of mild, calm and dry nights, along with a general malaise that sets in as moth numbers plummet, Saturday 20th Oct looked a good night to do some trapping. Pilmoor was the easiest and closest site to home and four hours in perfect conditions produced 46 moths of 12 species. The highlight, although not realised at the time, was a December moth, which was new for site. Amazingly I have only had one other record, and as its name implies is a late flier, and obviously under-recorded due lack of trapping effort in late autumn.
1044x Acleris ferrugana/notana 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 2
1062 Acleris emargana 1
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 27
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 8
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2247 Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 1
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
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| Acleris emargana |
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