Thursday, 22 September 2022

Brown-spot pinion

 I was feeling left out as well until this moth, which has been reported close by in previous years, paid a visit on Tuesday night!  Dull and brown blotchy....nooooo, subtle I say.

Garden above Aberporth





Thursday, 15 September 2022

Cross Inn

 Hooray! I’m no longer a Vestal Virgin!

My first Vestal last night plus my first Oblique Carpet for the year at my house in Cross Inn, Llanon.




Sunday, 4 September 2022

Llanrhystud migrants

 Silver Y, Rush Veneer and this Vestal at Llanrhystud this morning, perhaps thanks to the southerly winds.

Vestal moth


Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Anomalous

 A selection of late summer moths from our neighbour's arboretum last night.

Carolyn & Evan

Anomalous

Feathered Gothic

Autumnal Rustic

August Thorn

Tawny Speckled Pug

Hedge Rustic

Cross Inn

 ‘Lifers’ for me this morning were a Turnip Moth and Dark Sword Grass




Thursday, 18 August 2022

Lesser-Spotted Pinion

An away fixture in Comins Coch, just over the hill, attracted my first Lesser-spotted Pinion on Sunday:

Also Pyrausta purpuralis, Meal Moth and Ypsolopha horridella.

New for the garden (Aberystwyth) on Monday was Cherry Bark Moth:

and this morning, Cloaked Carpet and Nephopterix angustella, a spindle feeder:

Monday, 15 August 2022

Yellow-legged Clearwing

 This very rare moth was reported by Marc Hughes of the RSPB, Ynys-hir. It was discovered during some maintenance work on an Oak tree stump. This is the first county record for an adult of the species. Many thanks to Marc for the photos.