A Few Late Summer Moths

A productive night last night yielded 174 moths of 44 species from 4 traps in and around our property.  Here are some of the late summer moths caught.
Carolyn & Evan.

Centre-barred Sallow

Pink-barred Sallow

Dusky Thorn

Small Wainscot

Oblique Carpet

Autumn really has arrived!

First Frosted Orange and Autumnal Rustic in the trap last night and a DUSKY Thorn!  I did locate it near to big ash trees as I noticed that Duskies are well recorded in the County so I ought to have some.
The Autumnal was much more coloured than I have caught before and in mint condition.
Apologies for quality of pics, Sarah has set the pace in this department!

Nutmeg

Well done Sarah.  Here is the Nutmeg distribution map.  No recent records and it seems that yours is the first in your area. Two flight seasons April-June and August-September.

Evan

mocha, and others

some of the moths that came to light in the ystwyth valley on sunday...

barred chestnut

bordered beauty

mocha

Mynachdy'r Graig - Numbers

As promised, the stats for 5 traps on NT property at Monk's Cave 22nd Aug'13.

A total of 209 moths identified, though one or two more either escaped or were beyond guesswork, these were made up of 40 macro species and 5 micros. 

The trap on the top of the ridge may well have produced more micros, but there was just the one intrepid Iron Prominent on the outside hanging on for all it was worth.  As Liz said one of her traps was blown over, so the count could well have been higher.

Most numerous in order;
Flounced Rustic 25
Large Y.U.  &  Antler  21 each
Sallow 19
Flame Shoulder  11
Hedge Rustic 9

Other species of interest;
Orange Swift - Quote from A.P.Fowles "The 2 year development period of the larvae is reflected by the biennial appearance of this moth, very few specimens observed in even numbered years."
Six Oblique Carpet in the lower of the traps near wet pasture.
Two Devon Carpet an Nb species centred on mid Wales.

In the micros we had Cydia ulicetana, not surprisingly as it is a Gorse feeder.

Trapping Event at Longwood Lampeter 7th/8th Sept

I am operating a 160w MV lamp and white sheet at 7.30pm in the carpark at Longwood Community Woodland on 7th Sept and opening traps set around the wood next morning.  
The evening event is on behalf of the Community Woodland committee and is being advertised around Lampeter district so I would be grateful if any fellow trappers could turn up to help out. Part of our brief is to raise awareness and we are anxious to do this in non-trapped parts of the County.

The morning session will start at 09.30am in the carpark.  GR617521.  Get to Llangybbi on the A485 between Tregaron and Lampeter and turn east in the middle of the village opposite the little shop signed LLanfair Clydogau. Follow lane keeping right and near top of hill is RIGHT turn into a small lane where the (large) carpark is on the right.  Its an interesting wood and worth exploring if the weather is kind, a trail leads to a huge hillfort with excellent views.

Monk's Cave NT property

Tony Ina and I put out 5 traps just up the coast from Sarah but ours were much higher up on the heathy top of the cliff and subject to a nasty cool breeze which blew over my 8w lamp.
Tony will post the stats to compare with Sarah's but in the meantime here is a pic of one of 6 Hedge rustics.  They were certainly in the right habitat which is more than can be said of the Scalloped Oak we caught!