April has been a fantastic moth month for us on the Patio. Since we have a couple nights left for putting the box out, I’ll wait to do a monthly report in a few days time.
Since the great night on 19th, we’ve had several new species for us and a few new ones for the year. On the 21st April we had Herald, Dark/Grey Dagger, and Caloptilia syringella a very attractive micro moth, all NFY for us.
A walk around the area around Filsham Reedbeds (Pebsham Park area) on the 22nd was full of wildlife as well, we saw the first Grizzled Skippers have emerged, the Marsh Frogs are really active, and one of my favorite moths Adela reaumurella are up and swarming small trees and shrubs.
Male Adela reaumurella Swarming
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