Last night we conducted a co-ordinated moth trapping session across the reserve using nine different traps at five different locations. being early April we did not expect a huge catch but as we have never trapped at this time of year there was plenty of opportunity to add a few new species to the reserve list.
I shall post a full list in due course but the highlights were undoubtedly ......
female Emperor
Twenty Plume
Red Green Carpet
Early Thorn
Some rarer species were not so inspiring to look at but were probably more siginifcant!
Reed Dagger
Powdered Quaker
and the Oak Nycteoline
We shall be having a couple of moth event evenings later in the year as well as more of these intensive efforts so expect more moth news on here from now on.....
12-4-14
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer