Thursday, 14 May 2020

Orthosias save the day

The last four nights have been very cold here and there was a frost by dawn on two of them, but I still ran the actinic trap "just in case".  Sunday night produced nothing at all (itself an unusual occurrence for May), on Monday night there was just a single Hebrew Character, Tuesday night was sort of OK with 14 moths of 11 species but nothing new for the year, while last night brought in just a single Clouded Drab which is a species I haven't seen here since 23rd April.

Clouded Drab, Westcott 13th May

A check on the Yponomeuta larvae feeding away on our spindle found that they'd grown considerably since the last time I looked at them.  The largest ones are now in excess of 15mm in length so it will soon be time to take them into custody.

Yponomeuta larvae on spindle, Westcott 14th May

Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks

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