Scorched Carpet

28th April 2008, Monday

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Not an unfortunate domestic accident but a very attractive geometrid moth in my trap in Rye today. A local species of woodland and scrub on chalk, limestone and clays, occasionally found inĀ gardens (from cultivated plants?). The larval foodplant is spindle. I caught only one last year, so maybe this will also be a one-off.