Time to look in Ceredigion?

 Pachyrhabda steropodes is out - see copies of emails from Sally Hall just S of the Teifi - what about north of the Teifi ie in Ceredigion? It was out today in some quantity near Llanelli (SE Carms). Worth vc46  recorders having a look perhaps? Remember that they are tiny and flit (`float`?) around the fern before re-settling. Pale yellowish white to the unaided eye.

27/4/26 Thanks Ian, I have now found Pachyrhabda steropodes here (at our natural burial site/nature reserve, Saron, Llandysul). I have been searching for this species and today found well over 100 flying around a few soft shield ferns. It was confined to just one area – with a lot of dog mercury – not sure if that is significant. I didn’t have a camera but I did have my close focus binoculars so ID reliable.

21/4/26… this species must be spreading fast. Working in our woods over the last two days and 100s flying around the uncurling soft shield fern.

Early risers in Llangeitho

 After two warm days Wednesday night seemed promising. Trapping on a garden/woodland boundary yielded about 70 moths, of 22 species.  Several pristine Purple Thorns brightened the trap, but notable were Grey Birch, Frosted Green, Small Phoenix and Scalloped Hazel, all a little precocious.

Good to see three Square Spot, at least 13 Streamer, Lunar Marbled Brown, two Great Prominent and an Oak-tree Pug.

Grey Birch (phone photograph)

Scalloped Hazel

Frosted Green

A very brown Engrailed

Lunar Marbled Brown

Oak-tree Pug

Square Spot