With a minimum temperature of 3.6 C, heavy showers through the night, and having had two empty traps recently, I was pleasantly surprised to find two moths in the trap this morning. If this hadn't been a GMS night I wouldn't have bothered putting the trap out. The moths were Dark Chestnut and Acleris schalleriana, both in fine fettle.
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This is my 9th garden record of Dark Chestnut, and I've still yet to record the Chestnut here.
I also had two unexpected moths: a Chestnut and a Yellow-line Quaker. Although I get Dark Chestnut in my garden, they are more often found on my flowering ivy than at the trap and I always get far more of the Chestnut, as do most people, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteYes I think everyone else gets more Chestnut than Dark Chestnut...it's a real oddity that the Chestnut has never turned up in my garden.
ReplyDelete10 times as many records of The Chestnut here in Gorseinon
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