Heatwave Moths Part II

Another warm and fine night for moths on Friday night, with 33 different spoecies caught, including five new ones for the list. Star of the show, for rarity value perhaps rather than looks, was a Waved Black (Parascotia fuliginaria), whose larvae live on rotten wood & fungi, and which is not often recording in Gliucestershire. Pale Prominent, looking much like a bunch of dead leaves was also a good catch.

#880 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)

#881 Black Arches (Lymantria monacha)

#882 Maple Button (Acleris forsskaleana)

#883 Waved Black (Parascotia fuliginaria)

#879 Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata)

#804 Least Carpet (Idaea rusticata)

#750 Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria)

#606 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)