Although we haven't yet had any really vintage Heat Wave nights this summer, late June and early July have produced several catches of 80+ species at Dingestow, supplemented by some diurnal recording. Highlights have included four new Micros and one new Macro for the area, taking the totals to 564 Micros, 421 Macros, 985 Moths.
12/6: Nemapogon koenigi (photo below) to Yellow-legged Clearwing lure, new for Dingestow and the third county record.
23/6: Coleophora discordella (above) swept from Bird's-foot Trefoil, new for Dingestow.
16/6: Coleophora peribenanderi (3rd Dingestow record), Epinotia bilunana (3rd) (below), Gypsonoma sociana (5th) & Scythropia crataegella (6th) (below)
23/6: Sharp-angled Carpet (below) (5th Dingestow record), 2 Blotched Emerald
1/7: Notocelia trimaculana (3rd Dingestow record), Elachista maculicerusella (above) (4th but last seen in 2000)
2/7: Platyptilia gonodactyla (below) (new for Dingestow), 1 Heart & Club
9/7: Opostega salaciella (above) (new for Dingestow & VC35)
12/7: Kent Black Arches (below) (new for Dingestow), 1 Double Kidney (below) (5th but last seen in 1999), 1 Heart & Club
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