There was a good selection of migrants in two traps set in the Nitten Field last night, plus plenty of nice resident stuff too. The highlight was a single Old World Webworm (photo below), which is new for the county. Numbers of all 50 species recorded below, with migrants shown in bold - more photos here http://moonmoths.blogspot.com/:
Caloptilia stigmatella (1), Mompha subbistrigella (1), Light Brown Apple Moth (7), Rhomboid Tortrix (2), Acleris hastiana (1), Eudonia angustea (4), Old World Webworm (1), Rusty-dot Pearl (39), Rush Veneer (1), Vestal (19), Red-green Carpet (1), Common Marbled Carpet (5), Green Carpet (4), Brimstone Moth (3), Convolvulus Hawk-moth (1), Archer's Dart (1), Turnip Moth (1), Dark Sword-grass (1), Large Yellow Underwing (6), Lesser Yellow Underwing (2), Autumnal Rustic (16), Pearly Underwing (1), Setaceous Hebrew Character (52), Neglected Rustic (1), Square-spot Rustic (16), Common Wainscot (7), L-album Wainscot (5), Black Rustic (51), Green-brindled Crescent (29), Large Ranunculus (1), Feathered Ranunculus (2), Brick (1), Red-line Quaker (7), Yellow-line Quaker (1), Flounced Chestnut (4), Beaded Chestnut (5), Lunar Underwing (26), Orange Sallow (1), Pink-barred Sallow (4), Sallow (2), Dark/Grey Dagger (1), Angle Shades (10), Rosy Rustic (6), Frosted Orange (2), Large Wainscot (4), Small Mottled Willow (1), Pale Mottled Willow (2), Ni Moth (1), Silver Y (3) & Snout (3).
My brother had one of the the night before on the other side of the Severn, so there are obviously a few around!
ReplyDeleteTonight should be ok for trapping, but after that things are looking a bit more unsettled - be interesting to see what else turns up - Hymenia recurvalis would be nice - there was one on Skomer yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific catch for October - rather eclipses my E ocellea!
ReplyDeleteNice catch Ba.
ReplyDeleteYes, excellent Barry.
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