In 2006 Harry Whiteley discovered Yellow-legged Clearwings
(Synanthedon vespiformis) were breeding on a Cherry tree in his garden
at the foot of Hollins Hill, Baildon, West Yorkshire, VC64. In 2007 I decided
to try and trap one in my own garden which is approximately 1 mile away from
Harry's.
Despite the poor weather in the first week of July 2007 I baited a green plastic funnel trap with a VES pheromone lure and suspended this in a cherry tree outside my front door .
I inspected the trap on the evening of 6th July and was rewarded with a
Yellow-legged Clearwing (Synanthedon vespiformis).
Meanwhile, outside the back door, Currant Clearwings (Synanthedon
tipuliformis) are still flying around the blackcurrants .
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Derek Parkinson, Baildon, VC64.