Last night's trap at first glance this morning, 10th October, didn't look too promising. There was a warm southerly and 14.6 degrees at dawn, but the trap looked pretty sparse.
However, I ended up with the my best migrant catch ever here! 2 Vestal, 2 Palpita vitrealis, 1 Udea ferrugalis (if that counts), 1 Delicate, 1 Nomophila noctuella and 3 Gem. I was pleased with this lot, and photographed most things. Plus a hornet and a Harlequin ladybird
Later on though around lunch time I disturbed a small moth from where the trap had been which landed on the patio. When I looked it was very clearly Hellula undalis, Old World Webworm. I rushed indoors for a pot and almost got the pot over it but not quite before it disappeared. Definitely a first for the garden here in Pontyberem!
Final moth tally 21 species, 38 moths.
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