Mobile Actinic in Warndon Wood from 18:05 to 23:05 under cloudy skies on Saturday 16th for the now annual
Small Brindled Beauty survey! After lighting up, a thorough 40 minute torchlit session on western paths produced 32 male
Dotted Borders. After hearing about various rare migrant moths in the southwest during the day I had to have a double-take on this micro sitting on the Perspex - phew, just a very well marked
Tortricodes alternella.
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| Tortricodes alternella |
At the final count just 13 male Small Brindled Beauty, 5 more Dotted Border, one Chestnut, 3 Pale Brindled Beauty, 2 Agonopterix heracliana, Acleris schalleriana and 10 T. alternella.
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| Small Brindled Beauty |
The early morning garden Robinson had an impressive
11 Common Quaker, an
Early Moth, an Oak Beauty, Dotted Border and a Beautiful Plume.
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| Common Quaker |
Temperatures are set to soar next weekend so expect more species then.....
That's a very smart alternella Steve!
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