Hello All
After a couple of queries, i thought i would pop out today and see if we had any raspberry clearwings this year, boy do we!
I put the pheromone lure up near to the raspberry and blackberry patch next to the ramp as you go up to the tern and gadwall hides. With in 2 minutes i had 3 raspberry clearwings around the pheromone, and then they just descended i can't ever remember so many coming so quickly! In less than 10 minutes i had potted up 10 and number 11 was buzzing round the pheromone and i am sure i missed a couple of others. A fabulous 10 minutes!
I even managed 1 red tipped clearwing despite it being a bit late for them (peak is June)
So if you are interested in moths, now is a really good time to come look for raspberry clearwing.
thanks
vicky