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| Scarce Umber, Westcott 31st October |
Westcott, Bucks
A Blog for moth recorders in Bucks, Berks and Oxon
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Scarce Umber
The frosts of the previous two nights resulted in very slim pickings for the garden actinic trap here at Westcott, with Brick (4) on the 29th and Sprawler (1) on the 30th, but there was a slight improvement last night: Emmelina monodactyla (5), Red-green Carpet (3), November Moth sp (3), Feathered Thorn (3), Scarce Umber (1), Turnip Moth (1), Setaceous Hebrew Character (2), Sprawler (3), Dark Chestnut (1) & Brick (1). The Scarce Umber was the earliest sighting I've had of that species in the garden although only by a couple of days. Just December Moth to go now, then...
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
Westcott, Bucks
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Six Sprawler here last night bringing the total for the year to 9 none of which have actually managed to get into the trap.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, that's the case with many species now. At this time of year I run my trap in a sheltered corner of the patio and by morning there is rarely anything in it although moths can be found settled on the house wall or on the conservatory windows. Soon I shall be dispensing with the trap altogether and running the light inside the conservatory, something that I do annually until the Orthosia species get going in springtime. That way you don't have to worry about wind and rain. It is all the more important to get up and pot any moths before it gets light, of course, but that's no great hardship with the shorter days!
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