A not so Common Quaker (at this time of year)

 At light a couple of days ago, a moth normally found from March-May - but as the WTL guide book says 'small numbers sometimes emerge in mild spells during the late autumn and winter'.  Another was reported a few days ago by Jon Cole (pers. comm.) near Reading who suggested that winter soil temperatures are occasionally warm enough to fool the moth into early emergence.

                                                       

John Thacker  (Harwell, Oxon)