Two Dusky clearwings!
Another exciting way to attract moths is to use a pheromone lure. The Clearwing family of moths are day-flying and are not attracted to light and were thought to be incredibly rare before specific lures were designed to imitate the pheromones emitted by females to attract males. One that was thought to be extinct in the UK since 1924, until its rediscovery first in Warwickshire in 2021 and then near me in Tubney in 2023, is the Dusky clearwing. This is an amazing wasp mimic - a brilliant trick to avoid predation!
I ordered a Dusky clearwing lure from ALS wth the slim hope that I might be lucky, given that I live only a few miles from the site of this special moths rediscovery 3 years ago. And on 28th May, I was thrilled to find two Dusky clearwings at the lure - cleverly living unnoticed under the radar!
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