Garden moth trap 20th June

207 moths of 72 species (55 macro and 17 micro).  2 Waved Carpets were new for here (I think Pete mentioned one in New Quay in his blog post recently).  I also had some other moths that I don't see very often: Small Elephant Hawkmoth x 2; Red-necked Footman; Dingy Shell; Latticed Heath; and 9 Limnaecia phragmitella.

Waved Carpet

White Colon and Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Not as good a night on the dunes as could have been expected but we had quality rather than quantity.
A small selection named in the captions below. Heart and Club head-on shot for those struggling with the difference between this and Heart and Dart.

Beautiful Y/u

Dark Sword-grass

Eucosma campoliliana

Heart and Club - Head

Heart and Club

Light Arches

Striped Wainscot

White Colon

Small Argent & Sable in Aberystwyth

Pleasantly suprised to find a Small Argent & Sable in the garden trap this morning - where did that come from? Other firsts for the garden were Dusky Brocade, Argyresthia retinella, Plodia interpunctella (Indian Meal Moth - should I be worried?) and possible Acrobasis consociella. Firsts for the year were Sandy Carpet, Purple Bar, Dot Moth, Phycitodes binaevella (probably) and Argyresthia cupressella. A Broom Moth made a welcome appearance - the first for almost two years. Please send Buff-tips!

Dusky Brocade

Argyresthia retinella

Indian Meal Moth

Acrobasis consociella?

Dot Moth

New to me at Cross Inn last night was this Dot Moth. In the bedroom last night we had a female Ghost! This morning a male was in the trap. 2 Buff Arches were also a new species for me. A Large Yellow Underwing was the first I have had this year.

Sallow Kitten et al

Two traps set in our nearby oak woodland produced 51 macro and 12 micro species.  The high spots for us were our first ever Sallow Kitten, July Belle & Dingy Shell.  It was certainly the night for Buff-tip and Double Line which both ran into double figures.

Carolyn & Evan

Sallow Kitten

July Belle

 

Dingy Shell

Northern Rustic and friends at Wallog

We ran 3 Heath traps at Wallog last night and recorded 52 macro and 17 micro species. The star for me was a Northern Rustic (in fact there were 3 of them). A moth I have never caught before (although Ina used to get them occasionally in her garden in Lancashire). There are 28 county records in total with 14 of those since 2000. It was not a new species for Wallog as Mike Bailey recorded one there in 2002. Also in the catch were: Bordered White, Miller, Lime-speck Pug, Marbled Coronet, Spectacle, Ingrailed Clay, Brussels Lace, Purple Bar, Clay Triple-lines, Small Seraphim, and Lead Belle.


Bordered White

Ingrailed Clay



Lime-speck Pug

Marbled Coronet

Northern Rustic

Tony & Ina

Barrett's Marbled Coronet and 2 micro moths

I had a moth in my 14th June garden moth trap which looked like my previous (unconfirmed) Barrett's Marbled Coronet.  Therefore, I sent it to Peter and he has confirmed that it is a male Barrett's Marbled Coronet.
This week I have also had a Pseudoswammerdamia combinella (new for me) and a (slightly) new location for Anania funebris on the coastal path here.

Barrett's Marbled Coronet (male)

Pseudoswammerdamia combinella

Anania funebris