Inspired by Peter's post, I put my garden trap out for a couple of hours yesterday evening. Just Chestnut and Common Quaker.
On my way to work this morning I passed Early Moth, Dotted Border, and a very surprising Rusty Dot Pearl. An immigrant already?
A forecast mild, damp night prompted me to dust off my trap, which yielded a dozen moths, with eight macros...
Chestnut, Dotted Border, Early Moth, Mottled Grey, Oak Beauty, Pale Brindled Beauty, Red Chestnut and Spring Usher.
...and one colourful micro which I believe to be Acleris cristana:
After a few disappointing night's trapping recently, last night's forecast looked a little more promising. It was mild, dry, with a gentle easterly breeze. Only eight moths, but a Large Wainscot was a first for this site, as was Carcina quercana.
 |
| Carcina quercana |
 |
| Large Wainscot |
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:
