Thursday, 24 July 2014

Jersey Tiger

A Jersey Tiger in the trap this morning!  A spectacular moth, and the second garden / 4th? Welsh record.  If more turn up this year I guess there is a strong possibility this species is continuing its range expansion and we may have a small colony on this side of the Bristol Channel....

George - do you want to use this pic on the BC Wales FB site, and can you extract this image from here (using magic or something), or do you want me to email a copy?
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17 comments:

  1. GMT24 July 2014 at 15:36

    Thanks Adam - I can nick it from there.

    I think there are at least five Welsh records now: Newport, Flat Holm, Rhoose x2 and Lavernock, but I might have missed one.

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  2. Barry Stewart24 July 2014 at 18:44

    Hopefully the expansion will extend westwards soon - Owain perhaps best placed to get one first this end

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  3. Barry Stewart24 July 2014 at 18:45

    PS. Great record Adam

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  4. Adam Mantell24 July 2014 at 21:16

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  5. Adam Mantell24 July 2014 at 21:18

    Thanks Barry! It would be good if the Cream-spots also moved out from their south glam coast stronghold in this hot weather along with the Jerseys....

    I was also wondering if anyone else has been seeing Cydia splendana in significant numbers? I had a single garden record from 2011, but this year they've been around for the last couple of weeks with at least 8 last night.

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  6. Vaughn Matthews25 July 2014 at 08:32

    I've had Cydia splendana at Parc Slip the last couple of weeks but a maximum of 2 I think - sadly no Jersey Tigers!

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  7. Ian Morgan25 July 2014 at 08:32

    A cracking record....I`m `big-time jealous`! Get a giant fan and blow them west please!

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  8. GMT25 July 2014 at 09:00

    Yes, plenty of Cydia splendana for me too.

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  9. Adam Mantell25 July 2014 at 09:15

    Another Jersey Tiger in the trap last night, and looking at the detail of the wing markings, a different individual. And more Cydia splendana...

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  10. Barry Stewart25 July 2014 at 12:05

    I had 15 splendana in one trap at Penclacwydd last week, my second highest ever count.

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  11. Vaughn Matthews25 July 2014 at 16:32

    That's just showing off Adam!

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  12. Unknown26 July 2014 at 23:28

    Jersey Tiger Sully, Vale of Glam last night to 18 Watt Actinic https://www.flickr.com/photos/35365178@N08/14744972531/

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  13. Adam Mantell27 July 2014 at 11:10

    Fantastic photos Julian!

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  14. Unknown27 July 2014 at 12:04

    Thanks Adam, I have sent the record to Sewbrec too. It will be interesting to see how these these records trend over the rest of the summer.

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  15. sambbryo27 July 2014 at 19:33

    Portland Bird Obs have been reporting exceptional numbers of Cydia splendana. I had a fair number here in Carms last night. We're still awaiting the first VC44 record of Jersey Tiger.

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  16. Adam Mantell27 July 2014 at 21:50

    Thanks Sam, it looks like most of the splendanas will be migrants then I guess, and you never know the easterly winds we've had may be blowing a few Jersey Tigers west!

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  17. Unknown31 July 2014 at 08:20

    Found another Jersey Tiger in Sully 29/07, this time found feeding on Buddleia https://www.flickr.com/photos/35365178@N08/14789869574/
    Looking at the markings, I am pretty sure that this is a different specimen to the one found at light on the weekend.

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