Last Monday night was certainly worth a field trap, so 2 MV Skinners were put at the northwest end of Trench. The track is just drying out but wellies were still needed.
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| Trench Wood NR |
There were probably more flies than moths to start with but things did improve. The highlight was a
Pinion-spotted Pug which appears to be the most northerly record in VC37 and a site first. An Ochreous Pug was only the second there and a Pine Beauty was more evidence that conifer feeders often move on warm nights.
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| Pinion-spotted Pug |
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| Ochreous Pug |
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| Pine Beauty |
A total of 46 species included early Small White Wave, Figure of 80 and Dingy Shell, late Grey Shoulder-knot and the micros
Pammene argyrana, Pammene giganteana, probable Caloptilia alchimiella, Elachista humilis and potential Stigmellas lapponica and or confusella TBC.
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