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From Small to Large in a week Well what an odd year it is turning out to be! The amount of double-brooding and even triple-brooding is seriously all out of proportion!

There are still Straw Dots, Mother of Pearls and Small Phoenix flying, last night I went out on a field trip and we managed some great moths including a few shockingly late species...more on that tomorrow now.

I trapped once more last week on the 17th and managed a very small catch with just one new moth for the year, a lovely Large Ranunculus after having a (rarely recorded) second brood Small Ranunculus last week.

A fresh Carcina quercana was also a shock!

I also saw my second of the year at work today which was indoors.

So here is the rather modest list.

Catch Report - 17/09/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Large Ranunculus [NFY] 1x Willow Beauty 2x Square-spot Rustic 2x Snout 3x Lunar Underwing 5x Brimstone Moth 8x Large Yellow Underwing 4x Setaceous Hebrew Character 2x Vine's Rustic 1x Maiden's Blush 1x Lesser Yellow Underwing 2x Common Wainscot 1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2x Pale Mottled Willow 1x Garden Carpet 2x Straw Dot

Micro Moths

2x Epiphyas postvittana 1x Emmelina monodactyla 1x Coleophora sp 4x Plutella xylostella