Early UK moths

[Andrew Wood]

I can echo and add to these observations with the following:

Pale prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 8 April
Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum) 1 April

Both at MV in Bengeo, Hertfordshire

Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Greatorex-Davies <NGD at WPO.NERC.AC.UK>
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Date: 09 April 1999 09:01
Subject: Early UK moths


>The mild spring is again bringing things out rather earlier than would
>be expected. Last night I was a little surprised to see: Brimstone
>Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata), Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula),
>Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) and Mullein Moth (Cucullia verbasci)
>along with other more usual species for the time of year in my garden
>MV in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, UK.
>
>Nick Greatorex-Davies
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>(Butterfly Monitoring Scheme co-ordinator)
>Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
>Monks Wood
>Abbots Ripton
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