Thursday 23 July 2020

The moth trap has been quite variable lately with a run of cold nights interrupting a run of good nights. This morning a Lunar Spotted Pinion was new for my garden list. A Yarrow Pug was also new recently plus a number of micros. I have had some success with attracting the day-flying clearwing moths using pheremone lures. In addition to the Six-belted Clearwings mentioned in an earlier post,  the Hornet Moths were still near Luddenham as in the last few years. However, a new lure for the closely related Lunar Hornet Moths has been produced and has proved successful at 2 sites in the Dungeness area, plus locally in Boughton and in a friend's garden in Selling. 


 Lunar Spotted Pinion

 Hornet Moth

 Lunar Hornet Moth

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