Sixty seven species of Moth found in the first trapping session at Brookside Ecology HQ in the top Meadow using a 125w Mercury Vapour Bulb Robinson Light Trap – 309 caught and a few got away! A few beautiful specimens photographed the following morning just before release back to where they came from.

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Beautiful intricate pattern of greys, silver, gold and whites

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Drinker Moth about to be released

Trapped Moths just released into brush

Trapped Moths just released into brush – a ‘Clouded Border,’ top left and a ‘Riband Wave,’ bottom right

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..and some weren’t supposed to be there..

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