I've been running the garden moth trap, on and off, for the past couple of weeks and to be honest it has been a total waste of electricity for the most part. However, these past couple of nights have certainly seen an upturn in the numbers, and variety, of moths to be found on the egg trays each morning. Yesterday I discovered a Tufted Tortrix (Acleris cristana), which is the first garden record, then today it was a Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) which took centre stage.
Perusing the Kent Moths website, it would appear that this is a very unusual date for the latter species. If only they'd cease using lethal id techniques, I'd happily support their data gathering. So it is a shame, but my moth record won't be appearing on any database - ever?
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