Peter Jones, "Hampshire Diary"

• Saturday, August 1, 2009 - A busy night at the Moth Trap

Yesterday evening, I disturbed a Silver Y, one of the UK's commoner migrant moth species whilst watering plants, and decided to run the Moth trap in case this was a sign of bigger and better species in the area. No other migrants were found, but the haul was pretty good with 5 firsts for me, none of which were particularly rare. The full list of macros (Firsts in Bold): Large Emerald Riband Wave Yellow Shell Small Rivulet Peacock Moth Brimstone Moth Purple Thorn Scalloped Oak Willow Beauty Common Wave Black Arches Dingy Footman Buff Ermine Ruby Tiger Shuttle-shaped Dart Flame Shoulder Large Yellow Underwing Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing The Lychnis Copper Underwing Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic Small Dotted Buff Silver Y Purple Thorn:

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