I'm a bit late posting this. I took this pic on 14th August just before leaving for a 2 week holiday in France later that day. When I returned 2 weeks later I had to spend a month looking after my mother in south Wales so am only now getting to a few records that I made before I left for France. I had not immediately recognised this pug so took a pic to ID later and now, much later, it looks like a Cypress pug to me.
130 moths of 33 species, a pleasing result for the garden trap in September, and with the warm southerly winds, some good moths.
The highlight was a Clifden Nonpareil, but the only NFG was Oncocera semirubella. Also Scarce Bordered Straw (2), Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Turnip Moth (2), Pearly Underwing, Palpita vitrealis (2), Large Wainscot, Small Dusty wave, and a late Yellow-tail.
Only about 20 moths in the garden trap this morning, half of them LYUs, but this Bordered Straw was nice. Also Azalea Leaf miner, Rusty Dot Pearl and Rush Veneer.
Some migrant activity in Aberystwyth as well. I've had small numbers of Rush Veneer and the occasional Rusty Dot Pearl, but on Monday night something slightly bigger, a Scarce Bordered Straw:
Also Six-striped Rustic and Hemp-agrimony Plume, which are unusual here,
and Stigmella trimaculella, which I don't think I've had before:
A reasonable variety of macros last night at Troedrhiw Seiri. Most surprising was this early Marsh Oblique barred. Also a fresh Dotted Clay.
Continuing my daily checks on Soft Shield-fern in the garden here, and found this (one of two or three) on one plant. What I don't know is what else feeds on fern spores and whether other creatures might produce similar protective spinnings.
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| Possible Pachyrhabda larval spinning |
Less doubt about this rather more attractive little moth:
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| Acrobasis advenella |
