Anyone else experiencing an explosion in Box-tree moth catches? I had ones and twos per year from 2017 until 2021 when I got 6 in the year. 2022 I got 40.
Night before last I had 30. As I went out to the trap there was one in the hedge. Last night there was one on the kitchen door and one in the bathroom plus a dozen in the trap.
I wonder there is enough Box locally to sustain such large populations and I'm hearing about much larger catches elsewhere.
Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford.
Currently digging out all our Box. All dead as a door nail. Did try taking out larvae at first but complete waste of time. Yours are probably coming from our garden!.
ReplyDeleteYes. Quite a lot last year and 2021. This year even more as they burst on the scene on 27 June with 28 that night in a Robinson. Every trap since has had a few, with an increase to 10 again on 9 September. I had a box tree in the garden... no more, so perhaps they may decrease again. I went around Waterperry garden last month and there were still some intact box hedges. I wonder for how much longer.
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