Spent a couple of minutes swishing the net in the garden last night, just three moths - Silver Y, Light Brown Apple Moth and this spiffing Rusty-dot Pearl - a first for me (alive anyway). It was feeding on a patch of Heleniums. Maybe it's a sign of things to come this weekend for a big influx of immigrants. Get those traps out!
I had a go at dissecting last year's "Tansy Plume" trapped at CB in August. Turns out it's a very worn and very small Beautiful/Brindled Plume. Not sure which yet but it definitely aint a Tansy Plume.
If in doubt get it dissected!
2 comments:
Rusty dot Pearl is a nice garden tick ,,,pity about the Tansy Plume..just goes to show how important gen det is..!!...
Fingers Crossed that the Rusty Dot Pearl is a sign of good things to come. The traps are raring to go!
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