Variety has come down a little since September started, presumably a seasonal effect but also had a few cold nights and some wet spells which cannot help. Being my first year of trapping though, there is no previous years to compare so I'll just have to keep it up a little longer!
Looking through the book, there are clearly some autumn specials to add to the list including a few with some autumn colour camouflage. Only the Centre-barred Sallow has yet been trapped though from the obvious "dead leaf" species.
In this selection a few others that seem to be around at the moment, competing for space in the trap with the LYU's. + an odd one out that I was fortunate to encounter in my parents garden at the end of August, but rare in Beds.
Centre-barred Sallow (first caught on 5th Sept)
Square-Spot Rustic - a well marked one, most are darker. (max 11 trapped on 7th Sept)
Copper Underwing (usually at least 4, but maximum of 15 on 17/8/10). Only one moth so far seems to have been a Svenssons back in end of July.
Setaceous Hebrew Character (usually ones or twos)
Double-striped Pug (up to four of these one night, often on trap but less often inside)
Gold Spot that was found in my parents kitchen in Coventry, Aug 20th (rare in Beds)
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