The aptly named Beautiful Carpet is an occasional visitor to the garden trap but can be found in small numbers in deciduous woodlands such as Clough Wood but also in conifer plantations around Flash Lane. It feeds on brambles and hazel.
The only other notable moth last night was a Large Twin-spot Carpet which has become an annual visitor during the last decade.
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| Beautiful Carpet |
Managed to get out on to Flash Lane last night and trapped from 9:30 pm until rain at 11pm but it was worth it adding Beautiful Carpet, Ghost Moth (male and female), Bordered White, Tawny-barred Angle and a damaged Dark Arches plus the micro Udea Olivalis also Silver-ground Carpet, Brimstone, Small Phoenix, Green Silver-lines, Peach Blossom, Middle-barred Minor 3, Scalloped Hook-tip, Ingrailed Clay and Beautiful Golden Y.
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| Beautiful Carpet |