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Sunday, 30 October 2022

A good night for micros

I was surprised to find a total of nine species of micros in the traps last night, including three which were new for me, and one new for the year, since recently I have only been getting one or two per night.

The new species included one 'macro'-micro, Box-tree Moth; one "normal" micro, Diurnea lipsiella, and one 'nano'-micro, Phyllonorycter messaniella. What's more, the Box-tree Moth was my 100th new species for the garden this year.





1 comment:

  1. Hi Phil,
    I'd be really pleased to get Diurnea lipsiella here! It is really a woodland moth and probably under-recorded thanks to the time of year at which it flies. Over the past week I've seen more than 20 split between Bernwood Forest, Finemere Wood & Yardley Chase, but it doesn't yet feature on my garden list.

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