Gem
A nice selection of late species last night included my first Gem and the first December Moths since January...time flies...
Gem is a rare migrant to the north east, so this was a much appreciated find this morning. It was smaller than thought. A tiny 'carpet'...
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1631 December Moth (Poecilocampa populi) 2
1720 Gem (Orthonama obstipata) 1 New
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1
1795x November Moth agg. (Epirrita dilutata agg.) 5
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 3, a good count here.
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 1
2263 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota) 2
2264 Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) 1
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 3
23 moths of 12 species
Nice one Stewart! I'm not holding myy breath for it in Middle England!- In Bedfordshire it hasn't been seen since '06!
ReplyDeleteYou never know Matt. Up here there had only been 12 records since 1958 but we've had 13 since the beginning of October!
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