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Saturday 12 September 2009

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Moth records.

Menophora japygiaria.
Back to using the Actinic trap after an attack on the MV by the local cats which resulted in a broken bulb. The weather was dry but quite a bit cooler with the temperature dropping down to 14 over night.
Cymbalophora pudica.
A new species for the garden was Cymbalophora pudica a species of Tiger Moth which I had seen before down on the coast at Penny Hales near Estapona.
Egyptian Bollworm (Earias insulana).
At least 10 Egyptian Bollworms (Earias insulana) were caught along with 3+ Menophora japygiaria, The Four-spotted (Tyta luctuosa), The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria), Chlorissa etruscaria, 8+ Small Mottled Willows (Spodoptera exigua), Cosmopolitan (Mythimna loreyi), Palpita unionalis-vitrealis and Small Marbled (Eublemma parva).

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