I left two 6W actinics at Coed-y-bedw on Saturday night, in fairly promising conditions (not exactly warm, but cloudy and still). The catch on Sunday morning was rather disappointing, with a good variety of craneflies and caddis but only 9 moth species (plus a crippled Yellow-line Quaker found in the herbage elsewhere on site). Almost all the moths were geometrids, with a fresh Green Carpet, a Spruce Carpet, and a Red-green Carpet among others. I caught 7 male
Epirrita which proved on closer inspection to comprise 1 November Moth and 6 Pale November Moth. They were drab and I suspected they would all be November Moth, so I was glad I checked them.
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| My first Feathered Thorn of the year was among the catch |
Caddis flies included both
Halesus radiatus and
H. digitatus, but the highlight of the whole catch was this whopping great cranefly,
Pedicia rivosa.
What do you use for cranefly i/d George? The wing patterns look distinctive.
ReplyDeleteI know that Alan Stubbs was/is writing a book on this group.
Some test keys which Pete Boardman handed out at a SEWBReC training course last year. They are Alan's keys but have yet to be finalised and published. I could email you them if you like.
ReplyDeleteYes, Pedicia rivosa is a very distinctive one (unlike most of them!).
Can you email me too please ? Great fly btw which I don't recall ever seeing
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