tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82473023139760274.post5709505774085566940..comments2018-09-21T04:25:14.356+01:00Comments on MOTHS ...WE ARE THE CAMPIONS: 16th May 2011...Long Gone SilverTrent Duvalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03375081875501120850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82473023139760274.post-86371999930842636102011-05-18T08:15:50.606+01:002011-05-18T08:15:50.606+01:00There's a fair bit of Toadflax in the vicinity...There's a fair bit of Toadflax in the vicinity but none in my garden, maybe some of the neighbours have it, but there are large patches of Common T growing down the brick & stone walls not too far away so I'll check for larva.<br />Small Ranunculus was considered to be scarce in VC30, but last year I caught an unprecedented 17 of them, so it'll be interesting to see if they appear in numbers again this year. Check out your Buddleia flowers in a few weeks, although most of mine were caught on the walls near the traps. VC55 is less than 50 miles away as the moth flies so.......?Trent Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375081875501120850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82473023139760274.post-35514207038390604712011-05-17T19:44:48.406+01:002011-05-17T19:44:48.406+01:00It'd be worth looking out for local toadflax (...It'd be worth looking out for local toadflax (Purple, Common, Small or Pale) - the Toadflax Brocade larvae look quite smart in the book and it must be breeding pretty close by. I hope this species follows on from the superb rapid northerly colonisation of Small Ranunculus - looking forward to the first VC55 record in my garden in the next couple of years.Skevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601888498478097564noreply@blogger.com