Even though it became very windy, the significant increase in temperature last night meant that it was worth trying the actinic light again for the first time in nearly a fortnight and, as luck would have it, a single moth appeared:
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| Acleris ferrugana/notana, Westcott 18th December |
This will undoubtedly be ferrugana which is a regular at Westcott and is far more widespread than notana (I've never had the latter in the garden and in Bucks at least it is restricted to sites with a lot of birch, so Bernwood is probably my closest known colony). However, rather than recording it as the aggregate this one will be checked because I've not seen it here this year. When its identity is known for sure it will become species number 743 for the 2022 garden list.
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
Update: Last night, Monday 19th December, the actinic light brought in December Moth (2, the first examples here this month), Winter Moth (3) & Mottled Umber (4) and the overnight weather is looking reasonable now for moths up until Christmas.
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