Monday, 30 August 2021

Oak Processionary: female

Adding to the 75+ males he's had so far this season, on the night of 24th August Robin Knill-Jones in Denham, Bucks had this female Oak Processionary Moth in one of his garden traps.  Perhaps not quite such a welcome visitor as Nigel's female Gypsy Moth (which is also a potential pest species), Oak Processionary seems to be well established in the south-east corner of Bucks nowadays despite efforts to control its spread.  This particular individual appeared to have off-loaded its supply of eggs already. 



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