Gowerton last night

8 moths of 8 different species last night including re-catching the Tuta absoluta. The clincher for this species is apparently the banded palps. Two other 'first for year' pics.

Caloptilia azaleella

Tuta absoluta, showing banded palps

Common Wave

Parc Slip

Much better haul than last week but still not huge numbers as temperature dropped fairly sharply overnight. 44 moths of 20 species with a few new for the year. Puss moth is always nice to see and i've never caught one here. I usually get one Chocolate tip per year and it was a lovely pristine example but too flighty for a photo. Others new were white ermine, buff ermine, shuttle-shaped dart (another 1 per year species here), brown silver-line, brimstone and small phoenix. A handful of micros including diamond-back moth, Ancylis badiana and Elachista rufocinerea. As usual, thanks to Paul for helping out with the micros.

Argyresthia trifasciata ?

Just picked this off the wall outside the kitchen window. Never seen one before, but looks very distinctive - so I'm reasonably confident with my ID. Taken a quick snap but will try for better pics tomorrow.

Creigiau 04 May

I put the box out on Sunday night in reasonable conditions and trapped a single Common Quaker ! In the awful weather that we had yesterday I found 3 moths on windows and doors, each of which would be new for me if my IDs are correct. Confirmation/correction would be appreciated.

If this is Depressaria daucella, then I may need to revisit some of my past images/IDs of Parsnip Moth. The grid is 2mm.

Fairly confident that this is Clouded-bordered Brindle.

 I think this could be Mompha epilobiella. The grid here is 1mm.

Square-spot rustic?

I struggle with caterpillars but is this a square-spot rustic? Found on a scrubby grassland site near Aberdare.

Oxwich

Scarlet Tiger feeding on Honeysuckle yesterday.

Creigiau - last night and this evening

Can't compete with that pretty little moth found by Chris, but .....

I put the box out late last night, after the last light shower had passed. The rest of the night was dry and cloudy with a min temp of 7.5C so was really disappointed to find a single Common Quaker all alone in the box and then a possible Depressaria daucella on the window in the kitchen.

We have had torrential rain since late afternoon, and I have just got soaked 'sorting' the bins but I found a possible Mompha epilobiella on the inside garage window and then a moth (possible Clouded-bordered Brindle) landed on the door in front of me as I was coming back in!

Both of these, and the D. daucella would be new for me so I'll take some pics in the morning and post them here to check my identifications. Very confused ...