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Persistence pays off Hello everyone. I ran my trap on three consecutive nights from Saturday night to Monday night, something I don't do very often this time of year.

I think it is the reports of scarce migrants that have been reported up and down the Country recently and not always at coastal sites either.

Saturday night's catch featured no Macro moths at all, a trap rarity in itself! and Sunday night wasn't much better either....just two moths again. And then last night it all went a bit weird and there were actually some moths to count (and write down) for starter's I had to rescue the moths from a puddle at the bottom of my trap and because our patio isn't quite level, the water wells up in one corner typically, in this puddle I found three Caloptilia's and a Tortrix of somekind reminiscent of Zeiraphera isertana, but it wasn't this species it was a first for me Crocidosema plebejana! now that was worth running the trap for. I believe there are very few records of this typical coastal moth and I am only aware of John Murray's record this year. Obviously a wanderer from a coastal population or a primary immigrant. Another moth of note was a form of Acleris hastiana that I have never recorded before.

Catch Report - 14/11/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

None recorded!

Micro Moths

2x Epiphyas postvittana

Catch Report - 15/11/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Brick

Micro Moths

1x Acleris notana/ferrugana

Catch Report - 16/11/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Brick 1x Mottled Umber 1x Yellow-line Quaker

Micro Moths

1x Crocidosema plebejana [NEW!] 1x Scrobipalpa costella [NFY] 2x Caloptilia rufipennella [NFY] 1x Acleris hastiana 2x Caloptilia semifascia