Tuesday 31 August 2021

Distinctly autumnal in Longwick

 Despite the weather there was a reasonable return for turning the trap on yesterday. A very autumnal feel with Centre-barred Sallow and Feathered Gothic and a trap dominated by Common Wainscot and Setaceous Hebrew Character. Dark Swordgrass added a little migrant activity. Surprise of the day was a, presumably,  rather washed out Sitochroa Palealis - a new garden record. Given the winds were from the north I'm surprised it arrived if it wandered from the local hills?




2 comments:

  1. Hi Andrew,

    I must admit to being not entirely convinced by the Sitochroa palealis! For what is usually a white moth it seems to have become rather 'dirty' and if I look really hard there's the vague outline of a scalloped cross-line on the left wing at about three-quarters. Difficult to be sure from just one image, but I wonder if it might actually be something like Ostrinia nubilalis.

    At the moment over here in Westcott I'd be glad of a Dark Sword-grass or even a Diamond-back! All I've been able to muster migrant-wise recently has been the occasional Rush Veneer (the latest one on the 29th).

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  2. Hi Dave,

    Having had time to look more closely ( it is deceased) and measure the forewing I believe it is actually a Rusty Dot Pearl which has lost almost all of its colouration. That would also explain the wavy line. Shame though!

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