Thirteen species on the night of the 13th

 We were promised a minimum of 5 degrees last night but the reading in the car was only 2 so 58 individuals of 13 species at Ynys-hir was a reasonable result. 

As we are both still a little incapacitated (not as mobile) at the moment I decided not to risk another 'round' with the brambles so did not go too far into the woods where we may have found one or two more species, I was hoping for a Pine Beauty!

Ina and Tony

Agonopterix heracliana - 6mm

Chestnut

Clouded Drab

Common Quaker - dark markings

Diurnea fagella

Dotted Border

Early Grey

Engrailed - most abundant on the night

Engrailed - darker individual

Herald

March Moth - looking particularly dapper

Oak Beauty - antenna view

Pale Brindled Beauty

Small Quaker #1

Small Quaker #2

Talybont Moths - different but still only three

 Three more moths from the garden this morning, three individuals different from yesterday's and two were sitting on the shed.  Some ant activity coming out from under the shed so we can only assume that some warmer weather is on the way.

Ina and Tony

Clouded Drab

Common Quaker

A very worn and sorry looking Oak Beauty

Garden Moths - Talybont

 Well despite injuries and general lameness, we thought it was worth a try in the garden last night.

A sum total of three moths... took forever to count that lot...😁  Early Grey, Common Quaker and Hebrew Character.

Ina and Tony

Oak Beauty

 Our first Oak Beauty for this year despite a minimum temperature of -1.8°C .... and one Dotted Border.

Carolyn & Evan

Engrailed

 My first Engrailed of 2022 was on the window frame as I put the trap out last night. The only other moth I caught on a frosty night in Cross Inn was a Dotted Border.

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