Sat. 11th August - Blue Anchor
Our original intention had been to run a trap at Huish Moor reserve for National Moth Night, but when the Foot and Mouth outbreak was announced we decided to invite people to our house instead. Ginny and I were joined by Roger Sedgbeer, John and Janet Dixon, Chris and Jenny Wood and Dan and Glenn Clark. We got 58 species + 6 pugs that haven't yet been identified yet.
A few new ones for our garden were :
- 658 Carcina quercana
- 695 Agonopterix alstromeriana
- 714 Agonopterix yeatiana
- 1260 Cydia splendana
- 1316 Catoptria falsella
- 1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
- 1439 Trachycera advnenella
- 1646 Oak Hook-tip
- 1708 Single-dotted Wave
- 1945 Brussels Lace
- 2008 Coxcomb Prominent
- 2297 Copper Underwing
- 2341 Cloaked Minor
- 2342 Rosy Minor
In addition we got 3 - Jersey Tigers, one of the target species for the night