Two nights ago I had a very worn moth in the garden trap. It had some residual markings of a
Dotted Rustic but also looked like many other large noctuids and so required a more detailed examination. It turned out to be a worn Dotted Rustic, sadly nothing rarer although this is the only second of this species I had seen, and was swiftly followed by a better marked one the night after accompanied by my first
Mallow of the year.
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| Worn Dotted Rustic - Benson 15th September |
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| Less worn Dotted Rustic - Benson 16th September |
The garden trap has been doing fairly well unlike my experiences trapping outside of the garden recently. Which is why the next moth came as an even bigger surprise - a
Clifden Nonpareil in West Berkshire, considerably less tricky to identify than the worn Dotted Rustic a night earlier, and the highlight of the week by a country mile. The only other signs of nocturnal migration had been a handful of Diamond-back Moths and Silver Y, and
Udea ferrugalis until last night when I had a
Pearly Underwing to the garden trap among a fantastic catch of 251 moths of 45 species.
Marc Botham, Benson
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| Clifden Nonpareil - West Berks 16th September |
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| Pearly Underwing - Benson 17th September |
ooooooh! I would SO much like one of those! The Nonpareil I mean, needless to say
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Two really nice moths there, Mark - both ones i would love to see here in Aylesbury!
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