St Julian's, 19th October 2022 

Sheila and I ran the MV Robinson over-night and in the morning recorded 16 species. Large Wainscot 14, Red-Green Carpet 3, November Moth agg 1, Black Rustic 1, Large Yellow Underwing 9, Carcina quercana 2, Cypress Carpet 2, Angle Shades 1, Beaded Chestnut 1, Lesser Yellow Underwing 3, Blaire's Shoulder-knot 1, Barred Sallow 1, Box Tree Moth 1, Common Marbled Carpet 3 and last but not least, a Scarce Bordered Straw.

Box Tree Moth

Red-green Carpet

Cypress Carpet

Scarce Bordered Straw

Large Wainscot

Since 9th September we have recorded a total of 36 Box Tree Moths with a peak of 9 on 6th October. There is no box tree in the garden, but there is in gardens less than 100m away. Last year we recorded just 2 singletons. Are other people recording this attractive micro?