France 2022
I took the moth trap on this year's family holiday to the South of France. We stayed on the Mediterranean coast near the Spanish border, but to be honest, the campsite wasn't particularly good for wildlife compared to previous campsites. The site itself was very built up, and the surrounding area, although looking promising on Google maps, was a bit light in diversity. I did see the following highlights... Turkish Gecko Lang's short tailed blue Coypu Red-rumped Swallow Southern Wartbiter The moth trap included: Praying Mantis Bright Wave Portland Ribbon Wave Blair's Mocha Vestal (central France) Oak Processionary Small Marbled Scarce bordered Straw Tree lichen Beauty Marbled Green Pearly Underwing Turnip Long legged Tabby Delightful Marbled Handmaid idaea cervantaria achyra nudalis parascotia nisseni stemmatophora brunnealis oncocera semirubella (Central France) acrobasis tumidana Which looking back, wasn't a bad tally of moths, was expecting huge number