Saturday 26 February 2022

Small Brindled Beauty

 A cold night dropping to 1°C produced just 11 macro moths of four species in the woodland - Small Brindled Beauty, Pale Brindled Beauty, Dotted Border and a March Moth - and our first Hebrew Character for this year in the garden.

Carolyn & Evan

Small Brindled Beauty

March Moth
Hebrew Character



Ynys-hir February #2

 Moths are still a little thin on the ground (or in the trap) after the recent weather.

It may only be February but we had our first March moth and Acleris literana of the year last night but no other 'early risers', only the usual suspects.

Two photos of Dotted Border below showing the difference in size, 1.5cm and 2cm wing length.

Ina and Tony

Acleris literana

Dotted Border - 1.5cm

Dotted Border 2cm

March Moth

Mottled Grey

Pale Brindled Beauty

Spring Usher


Tuesday 8 February 2022

Ynys-hir - February

 Only the seven species last night and three were micros.  Most numerous were Chestnut 27, Dotted Border 14 and Tortricodes alternella 12.

Numbers down this winter mainly, we think, as we can't trap on the same bit of the reserve this year as we would normally do in the winter. Still moths around though.

Ina and Tony

Agonopterix yeatiana

Chestnut

Dotted Border

Dotted Border

Dotted Border


Dotted Border

Pale Brindled Beauty

Spring Usher

Tortricodes alternella

Chestnut egg tray