Spring 2024

Although temperatures are still quite cool it was worth firing up the light to see what the situation is with the garden moth population. Still quiet as it turned out, with only a small number of common moths landing on the sheet, several Crypsiphona ocultaria, one Anthela acuta and a small variety of common Noctuids. The most interesting arrival was a Gauna aegusalis, the larvae of this small Pyralid live in and feed on rust galls, Uromycladium tepperianum, on wattles. At rest this small moth holds its body curved upright.