Chocolate-tip moth (Clostera curtula) in 1998 (UK)

[RENE BOUTIN]

Prichard,AW,NAR7 PRICHAA2 M wrote:

> Hi
>
> Has anybody else noticed a marked absence/low numbers of the
> Chocolate-tip
> (Clostera curtula) in 1998. I didn't see any at all here in Suffolk
> and
> currently I have only a couple of records for one site from another
> recorder
> for 1998.
>
> We generally find this species localised but it normally turns up at
> quite a
> few sites during the year and in reasonable numbers. In 1997 I have
> records
> for 11 sites.
>
> Was the miserable spring to blame?
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Prichard


well,you might find some at Montreal Insectarium this week,their having
their annually
"Insect-eating week"
--
Venez voir mon site ...

 Rene Boutin
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