Crocidosema plebejana

Photo of the moth from Lavernock...

Crocidosema plebejana

Drysiog, Bryn. SS8292.

4 Diurnea lipsiella on the wing this afternoon.

Abercregan last night. SS8496.

                                  Spoladea recurvalis

                                  Red sword grass

                                 Diurnea lipsiella.
                                 Ran the trap from 8pm - 1am. It was breezy but a
                                 decent catch ensued. The Recurvalis was the first
                                 moth in at 8:30.
                                 Spoladea recurvalis        1        1st Glam record?
                                 Rusty dot pearl              11
                                 Feathered thorn              6
                                 November moth agg      4
                                 Silver Y                         1
                                 Spruce carpet                5
                                 Brick                            2
                                 Red sword grass           1
                                 Yellow spot tortrix       1
                                 Diurnea lipsiella           1         4th Glam record
                                 Blastobasis lacticolella  1.

Parc slip, thursday.

                              Another pic of the micro from Vaughn's post.
                              Calybites phasianipennella?
                              It was smaller in comparison to Calpotilia stigmatella.

Bridgend garden overnight 30Oct14 (MV)

A small but varied catch of 14 moths of 11 species.

4 Light Brown Apple moth, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Spruce Carpet, 1 November moth (agg) which escaped before better attempt at identification,1 Feathered Thorn, 1 Dotted Chestnut (to confirm),1 Black Rustic, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Yellow-line Quaker, 1 Red-line Quaker and 1 Silver Y.

Here are some photos below including the one which we think looks like Dotted Chestnut, a little worn and there are lots of wavy lines on it which confused us a bit. Any other opinions gratefully received

Dotted Chestnut?

Red-line Quaker

Yellow-line Quaker

   
Thanks
Emma Cram

Lavernock last night

Made a last minute decision to trap at Lavernock last night, spurred on by all the interesting migrants turning up elsewhere (including Wales' first Scar Bank Gem - see the Monts Blog). In the event, the only migrants caught were common species: Rusty-dot Pearl (4), Diamondback (3), Rush Veneer and Silver Y.

The best moth was Crocidosema plebejana, which is only about the 6th VC record (all from Cardiff and the south-eastern Vale). This might have been a wanderer but could be resident down there on the coast (the larvae feed on Tree Mallow). Also new for ST16 was November Moth aggregate - I caught 13 and took a few males home for closer inspection (none of the species have been recorded in ST16 before).

Strange to be switched on before 6 and finished in time to get chips on the way home!

George

Parc Slip

18 species caught at Parc Slip last night with silver Y and rusty-dot pearl the only migrants. Other macros of interest were a dark chestnut (below - i think the wings are hooked enough?) which isn't on my list for the site, a couple of chestnuts and an angle shades.

More micros than I've had for a while included Carcina quercana, Blastobasis lacticolella, light brown apple moth, Caloptilia stigmatella and the two below:

Is it possible to id the above as one of Acleris notana or ferrugana from a photo?

Not sure about this little Gracillaridae(?) - only messing about with the photo showed up the markings but i still can't place it. Paul also took (hopefully better) photos of it so I'm not sure if he managed to i.d. it...