Tuesday, June 15
I haven't posted anything for several days. A teacher of mine once said 'If you have nothing to say, don't say it'. Not sure about its grammatical correctness but I get the gist. Here goes anyway.
After a very enjoyable mothing session at Natural Surroundings, ( and in the cafe afterwards). , we returned to open our own ice block cooled traps. Despite Pam getting up soon after 4 a.m., the birds were still there first, clearing up moths on the outside of the traps, and in their vicinity.
The newly published, 3rd edition, of ''Manley's 'British and Irish Moths, a Photographic guide'', is a truly impressive tome. Producing photographs of 2,500 micro and macro moths found in the UK, including residents,adventists and immigrants is truly awesome. Although it is thicker and heavier than previous editions, it's nothing like as big as one expects. An impressive achievement.
Our overnight catch was, at last, nearer to that expected in June, 88 macro moths of 40 species.
New for the year were:
Lobster Moth - named for the caterpillar rather than the adult
Sandy Carpet
Treble Bar
Lychnis
Lime Hawkmoth - the 6th
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
Eyed Hawkmoth - the 3rd found whole and alive. Several other bits found in traps, a bird's breakfast.
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