Moth trapping at Marne Barracks

Several moth traps were set out last night at Marne Barracks in preparation for the third moth event on this undisturbed site.

Here you can see Charlie Fletcher and Jill Warwick putting out one of the Robinson light traps. These have a mercury vapour lamp which attracts a wide variety of moth and invertebrate species.

Early this morning a keen group of 'mothers' gathered to identify the contents of the traps.

Initial results indicate another substantial catch with perhaps as many as a hundred and forty species depending on Charlie's micro identification.