Did the last two nights at my mum's house with the moth trap. Looks like the 5th site for Beet moth in Surrey. By the sounds of it this species has gone from a coastal species on the south coast (A Sea Beet specialist in Shingle Habitat which appears to have switched it's food plant to agricultural produce ) to rapidly invading a lot of the south of England well in land to London, Bucks and beyond within the last three weeks. Will be interesting to see whether or not this results in a permanent colonisation or is just a temporary invasion/ mass dispersal event.
Not a lot else in the trap - a few local specialists like L-album Wainscot, Ruddy Streak and still got one micro to identify.
Visited Park Down near Banstead Woods yesterday evening with Gillian- a bit late in the day and too windy but there were Silver-Spotted Skippers here a week or so ago. We did have a Chalkhill Blue.
Another Beet Moth
Maybe Gypsonoma minutana
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