Death's Head Hawks

I have had a call from Geoff Hobbs (Bridgend Council) to say that someone has found some Death's Head Hawk caterpillars in Nottage. They are keen to move them and I have suggested that for the time being they should be taken to the reserve centre until someone can collect them and look after them. So the question is, who fancies rearing some welsh Death's Head Hawks? Dave

Witford point, Baglan Ind estate last night with Vaughn.

                          Treble bar

                          Crescent dart

                          Shore wainscot

                         Yellow belle

                          Caryocolum alsinella? Very similar to C. marmoreum, so
                          any help welcome.
                          Thanks to Vaughn for inviting me to this promising looking
                          coastal site. We plan on trapping in June/ july next year too.
                          61 species to my lights from 9:20 - 12:00, including Chevron,
                          Oak eggar, White line dart, Muslin footman, Agonopterix
                          ocellana and Aproaerema anthyllidella.

Lavernock NR 06/08/2017

Found at Lavernock NR on Sunday a Jersey Tiger, also seen 4 Painted lady's.

Merthyr mawr last night. PP&GMT.

                    Marbled green

                   Epinotia trigonella

                  Clavigesta purdeyi

                   Agonopterix nanatella.
                   George and I tried for an early Portland moth last night
                   without success, but a decent night was had in the end. The
                   A. nanatella was new for us both and was last recorded on the
                   site in 1864.

Roath

Overnight trap produced a Toadflax Brocade (2nd this year) & August Thorn plus migrants Silver Y (4) & Dark Sword-grass (2).

Coed Garnllwyd

Rob and Linda Nottage kindly set the portable trap in the meadow at Coed Garnllwyd on monday night. We weren't expecting much but were pleasantly surprised by over 35 species with the highlight being a couple of smart Mochas:

Other nice moths included a couple of small waved umbers, pretty chalk carpet and a few others that are new for the site I believe: scalloped oak, rosy footman, Blastobasis lacticolella, Epermenia falciformis and Argyresthia albistria (though I've put a pic in case I'm wrong about that..).

Argyresthia albistria?

There were a couple of tatty pugs that we weren't sure of too as well as an ermine moth - not sure if this one identifiable (we did catch Yponomeuta plumbella too).

Small pug

Pug 2

Yponomeuta sp.

Gem surprise in Llandaff North

A female Gem in the garden trap this morning was unexpected to say the least!