LNHG now has the use of a moth trap. If anyone would like the trap set up in their garden please let me know. I would set it up in the evening, then come round the next morning and photograph all the moths and eventually send you a list of them. (some I can name on the spot) It’s great fun seeing what you’ve caught, and the moths are generally docile at that time so you can examine them and take your own photos if you wish. Also you will be helping to map the distribution of moths in Argyll which is still very imperfectly known.
On 7 May I set up the trap in an LNHG member’s garden and caught about 240 moths, an incredible number for the time of year. These included:
Barred Tooth-striped, designated “Nationally Scarce A”. A local speciality known from Glen Creran and Glen Nant, and now also from Fearnoch.
Powdered Quaker, “fresh and of the lovely salmon-pink form traditionally associated with bog-myrtle” according to Roy Leverton who verified the ID. 4 of these were in the trap.
Oak Nycteoline, a moth that rarely comes to light. It inhabits oak woods and is patterned to merge with a lichen-covered branch.
Carl