. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 7: 1994 183. Fig. 2. Light trap in woodlands at Tai Po Kau, New Territories. Mike Bascombe's garden, Hong Lok Yuen, New Territories The light trap was only operated here on the night of 10 April. We set the trap up at hrs after returning from our first trapping session at nearby Tai Po Kau. The trap was operated till dawn and in the morning contained about 30 moths, mostly pyralids, but including two hawk-moths. The garden was one of a large number on a compound laid out much like a
. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 7: 1994 183. Fig. 2. Light trap in woodlands at Tai Po Kau, New Territories. Mike Bascombe's garden, Hong Lok Yuen, New Territories The light trap was only operated here on the night of 10 April. We set the trap up at hrs after returning from our first trapping session at nearby Tai Po Kau. The trap was operated till dawn and in the morning contained about 30 moths, mostly pyralids, but including two hawk-moths. The garden was one of a large number on a compound laid out much like a western housing estate. The gardens contain a mixture of grass lawns, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees of a range of native and introduced species. The gardens were predominantly open and heavily managed. Mike's garden contained a large specimen of the white orchid tree Michelia alba de Candolle which probably originates from Malaysia but is now widely cultivated in private gardens in Hong Kong. Wardhaven Bungalow, East Arm, Long Harbour, Sai Kung Country Park, New Territories From 13 April to the morning of 16 April we stayed at Wardhaven, a private bay with a single bungalow and boat house on the coast, at the foot of a hillside largely denuded of trees and shrubs but with a selection of both in the compound around the bungalow. The light trap was operated all night on each of the three nights. Mai Po Marshes WWF Nature Reserve, New Territories The light trap was operated on this nature reserve from before dusk until dawn on the night of 16 April and from hrs (2 hours after dusk) until dawn on 17 April. Mai Po is a nature reserve of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Hong Kong) and is internationally important as a feeding ground for migrant birds on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work
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