I had a pristine Peppered moth to my garden trap here in Aylesbury on the 18th September, along with a second brood Small Ranunculus and Burnished brass, which quite surprised me as i've never seen a Peppered moth this late before - has anyone ever recorded this species so late before? Plenty of other second brooders include Small dusty wave, Riband wave, Small blood-vein, Heart and dart, Cabbage moth, Carcina quercana and Endotricha flammealis over the last few weeks in my garden, and my first Large Ranunculus yesterday, a day after getting Small ranunculus! Dave Maunder
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| Second brood Small Ranunculus, Peppered moth and Burnished Brass, 18-9-2014 |
Hi Dave, last year Neil Fletcher had Peppered Moth on the 2nd which was the first ever adult September record for Bucks, while this year a group of us had one at Burnham Beeches on the 6th. Your example is now the latest adult record - but may well be overtaken by events quite quickly as there have been lots of unusual happenings like that this year!
ReplyDeleteA pristine Peach Blossom came to my garden trap (Loosley Row) last night.
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