Cross Inn, Llanon

2 more ‘lifers’ for me last night - a Satellite and a Beaded Chestnut.
Tony tells me that the Satellite is only the second record in my square with the previous one dating back to between 1923 and 1942.
Other moths were 2 Black Rustics, and one each of Square Spot Rustic and Spruce Carpet.

Cross Inn, Llanon

I only put the trap out between 7pm and 9:30 pm last night because it looked like rain but I was fortunate to get 3 species which are new to me. Yellow-line Quaker, Black Rustic and a Scarce Bordered Straw. The photos include its underside. (kindly identified by Tony who tells me it is only the 23rd Ceredigion record). Perhaps one of these days I’ll treat myself to a decent camera instead of just my IPad.

First Merv of the year for us.

Well 3 of them actually, but who's counting.
23 other species at Ynys-hir last night including a Gold Triangle that we never seem to catch many of... mustn't be doing it right!
Ina and Tony

Gold Triangle

Merveille du Jour

Light Emerald - very worn

Red-green Carpet - underside

Chestnut

Lunar underwings

Quite variable!  There were at least 30 in the trap last night and I learned to quickly flip the wing and check the comma mark; once done they wouldn't oblige again!
Confusion species of Beaded Chestnut also present but only a single..dark u'wing.

Lunar Underwing

I couldn't spot this on in the book, but Tony tells me that I have recorded it before at Llawrcwrt in 2015 and 2016.

Cross Inn/ Nebo - larva ID

Is this a Buff Ermine??

Or any alternative suggestions?

Brick

Common, but new to me last night was this Brick. Initially I thought it was a Yellow-Line Quaker but Tony confirmed it was a Brick. As it doesn’t seem to appear very often in photos on this blog, I thought I’d add it for reference.
So here is one of Tony’s Top Tips.

On YLQ the outermost crossline is fairly straight with just one kink near the leading edge. There is some overlap in size: 14-19 for the Brick and 14-16 for YLQ.