Peter Jones, "Hampshire Diary"

• Sunday, June 14, 2009 - Festoon at the Moth Trap

Had a decent session on the Moth trap last night. A downpour at dusk, and a cloudy night may have helped. First Insect to visit was a huge Hornet that was angrily prodding the lamp. He was later joined by a cat, so I decided to turn off the lamp until these unwanted guests moved on! Left the lamp on overnight and had my first Heart and Club, Birch Mocha, and best of all a Festoon Pictured below, which was first noticed as a moth by my 5 year old daughter (I had seen it twice, and thought it was just a dead leaf or something!). Festoon is a nationally rare species, although it is present from Dorset East to Kent, and appears to be fairly well established in Hampshire.

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