Well I said it was cold, but... The rest of the trap this morning! Ina
2 Flounced Rustic and 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character |
Agriphila geniculea |
Much colder night in the garden than of late last night. Sum total of moths, 2 x Flounced Rustic, 1 x Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1x Agriphila geniculea and this fella!
Ina and tony
We found this small moth (fl13mm) posing like a micro moth on the cable of one of the traps we set in our neighbour's woodland last night. It later opened up when we noticed the slightly concave leading edge and prominent palps. After some searching we decided this had to be one of the many forms of the Oak Nycteoline. Our catch also included Hedge Rustic and Flounced Rustic in double figures, six more Anomalous, Autumnal Rustic and a Feathered Gothic.
Carolyn & Evan
We ran an MV light in some mixed woodland and caught just 40 macros and 7 micros, many of them in rather battered condition (result of storm Ellen?). Most numerous were Common Marbled Carpet, Rosy Footman and Brimstone. We had 4 different Thorns: Early, Dusky, August and September.
Tony and Ina
Clay Triple-lines |
Magpie Moth |
Bordered Beauty |
Centre-barred Sallow |
August Thorn |
We found this stray moth in our conservatory this morning a day after emptying the trap from our neighbour's woodland. We last caught an Anomalous three years ago in the same woods. It defied all attempts for a classical photoshoot.
Carolyn & Evan
Another good night included our first Hedge Rustic for this year and this very attractive Large Ear, but we are not allowed to call it this without dissection.
Carolyn & Evan
A small selection from C80 species on the coast on Friday night. Although not as warm as the nights have been lately we recorded a lot of old favourites too. Flounced Rustic, Black Arches, Dingy Footman and of course Large Yellow Underwings were the most numerous.
August Thorn |
Black-banded |
Brussels Lace |
Heart & Dart. A little late for the party! |
Treble-bar |
A very warm night's trapping in our neighbour's woodland produced a varied haul including these four second generation Drepanidae.
Carolyn & Evan
More new species for the garden on Tuesday night: Double Kidney, Magpie, Pandemis cinnamomeana and Catoptria margaritella. Further evidence of movement was a Pearly Underwing (only my second here) and a Water Veneer. Small Dusty Wave, on the other hand, is apparently an Aberystwyth speciality.
I can see the longitudinal stripes are accentuated along the veins by wear but the other markings are 'blobby' lacking the usual crispness.
Antler's are scarce in my garden (less than annual), so I was pleasantly surprised to catch sixteen of them last night. Even better, a Palpita vitrealis came to the trap just after dark.
The 4th Ceredigion record of Melanthia procellata in the garden trap this morning. Totally out of habitat but not on it's own in that respect as the warm night has encouraged dispersal of a few species. We haven't finished counting yet!
Ina and Tony
We found this attractive Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis) in our kitchen this morning. We suspect it is related to our bulk Red Cross delivery of bread flour from our family during lockdown! We were challenged initially because of its size and upturned abdomen simulating a male Geometer.
Carolyn & Evan