Eskadale - 25&26/06/2022
Eskadale cottage is located on the south side of Eilean Aigas on the River Beauly north east of Inverness (marked with a red arrow on the map above). The pine forests in this area are the only place in the UK to find Pine-tree Lappet - and this was our purpose in staying here. I trapped at the cottage and also in Boblainy Forest (trapping site marked with a red T on the map above. I also had a pheromone lure for the moth. With trapping on 2 nights and 3 traps at each location, I obtained one pine tree lappet in each of the 3 traps at Boblainy Forest on the 25th; none at Eskadale cottage, none on the 26th and none to the pheromone lure. All 3 trapped were male and 2 of them were in very worn condition.
The owners of Eskadale Cottage live on site and were blessed with an infestation of Common Clothes Moth - which was also new for me.