The trap was set up near Bottom Pond on the evening of 11th August and emptied after 7:30 am the following morning. Recorders: N Mahadevan, Steve Plant, Bill Grange.
Not a very big catch but it was good to find a Lesser Swallow Prominent (first record for the site) on the outside of the trap. Also in the trap was a Bulrush Wainscot whose larva feed on the stems of reedmace. There’s plenty of this growing in the Bottom Pond.
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- Bulrush Wainscot
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- Lesser Swallow Prominent
Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pheosia gnoma, 1
Ruby Tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, 2
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Noctua janthe, 1
Six-striped Rustic, Xestia sexstrigata, 4
Large Yellow Underwing, Noctua pronuba, 3
Shaded Broad-bar, Scotopteryx chenopodiata, 2
Smoky Wainscot, Mythimna impura, 1
Bulrush Wainscot, Nonagria typhae, 1
Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa, 1
Common Rustic agg., Mesapamea secalis agg., 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing, Noctua comes, 1
Gothic, Naenia typica, 1
Common Footman, Eilema lurideola, 1