A milder night brought 57 varieties of Square-spot Rustic to my garden actinic, and my first Welsh Box-tree Moth. I was more excited about a Striped Hawkmoth:
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Also 2 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Pale Mottled Willow, and Yponomeuta sedella. NFY Autumnal and Black Rustics and my earliest ever Red-line Quaker. And latest ever Riband Wave, Burnished Brass and Garden Pebble.
Quite excited to see at least 25 Square Spot Rustics in all states of wear as its always good to see some abundance.
This better than previous catch was achieved by renewing my 15w synergetic tube!
Single-dotted Wave attracted to the lighted window of our garden room last night, despite the constant drizzle: would this be a second brood?
On another subject, does anyone have any tips of discouraging hornets from creating havoc in the trap? On two recent trappings, at sites about 60m apart, I had eight and twelve hornets respectively. Curiously, three of the latter trapping were dead.
I left the garden trap in a relatively sheltered corner last night. Mostly LYUs and Flounced Rustics, but this was a surprise:
I think it is Black-banded, presumably blown here from the coast (about a mile).
Endothenia marginana was also new for the garden list:
New for me in my garden at Troedrhiwseiri, Bontgoch
Sorry about the photo quality...time pressure, just potted it quickly as I thought it was a strange looking Lychnis and let it go as the day was so warm. Live and learn.
Caught at light above Aberporth in a garden.
Any help appreciated.
