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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 22.15 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 20.45 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 



