A warm midgy night produced 67 macro species from three traps, two of which were in our neighbour's woodland. Our high spot was our very first Silver Hook from the woodland. The Mottled Beauty was the first moth of this year to reach double figures. Included below is a selection of some of the more attractive moths.
Carolyn & Evan
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| Silver Hook |
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| July Belle |
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| Gold Swift |
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| Clay Triple-lines |
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| Beautiful Carpet |
After last nights catch in the garden we have reached 104 macro species for the year. On this date last year we had 131 but in 2019 it was 151. I hope our reduced species is due to covid which has prevented us from trapping in the more interesting sites and not due to moth numbers.
Tony & Ina
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| Buff-tip |
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| Ghost Moth (f) |
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| Middle-barred Minor |
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| Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| Celypha striana |
I managed to find two Thrift Clearwings at Tanybwlch (Aberystwyth) on Sunday (despite the crowds). Both were by the side of the track before the bend in the river. Also Lobesia littoralis, Homoeosoma sinuella, and my first Chrystoteuchia culmella (Garden Grass Veneers) of the year.
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| Thrift Clearwing |
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| Lobesia littoralis - colourful, but not as clearly marked as I expected. |
I put my LED trap just into the wood last night and was rewarded with over 90 moths of, I think, 37 species. I hope my identifications are correct!
Edit 15 June: I had Cloaked Minor for the third one, but noticed flight season is wrong, so now think another Middle-barred Minor.
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| Coronet |
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| Coronet, f. coronula |
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| Middle-barred Minor ? |
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| Waved Carpet |
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| Clouded Buff |
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| Scalloped Hook-tip |
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| Peach Blossom |
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| Middle-barred Minor (form pallida) |
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| May Highflyer |
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| Broken-barred Carpet |
I often am asked what are the best conditions for moth trapping. I always say warm drizzle is by far the best and last night proved the point.
Like lots of other moth-ers we have had a terrible start to the year. In fact it was often an occasion for celebration to have one moth!
So although not an over-large catch 25 species was wonderful. A few photos below, please excuse the quality as they were taken in a hurry. Ina and Tony
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| Alder Moth |
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| Anania hortulata |
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| Common Marbled Carpet |
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| Common Marbled Carpet - Underside |
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| Dagger agg, probably Grey |
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| Foxglove Pug |
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| Miller |
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| Rhyacionia pinivorana - Spotted Shoot Moth |
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| Rhyacionia pinivorana - Spotted Shoot Moth |
