Moth migrants have been very thin on the ground this season so I was quite surprised to find a top drawer migrant on the side of the MV yesterday. A stunning Beautiful Marbled. The Upper Thames Moths Atlas reports 6 previous records for the Upper Thames region but I'm not sure how up to date that is.
That's the 624th species for the Old Vic (mainly verified) and the year list is now a round 400 species.
Other news from the Old Vic traps include far too many wasps in the MV (the twin bulb actinic doesn't seem to attract them). On Thursday night there were 65 species of over 250 moths again and things are beginning to feel more autumnal with the species diversity reducing but overall numbers still high meaning a dominance of a few species such as Large Yellow Underwing, Common Wainscot, Flame Shoulder and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing. There's been some high numbers of Brimstone Moth and the Thorns seem to be doing well with plenty of Dusky's and Septembers and a few Canary Shouldered too.
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