Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Cwmbach, Last Night

With a mild night forecast, I decided to run my 22w actinic garden trap overnight. It was damp and drizzly, with a minimum temperature of 10.40 C, but there was also a fresh Southerly breeze blowing, so I didn't know what to expect this morning, though a few moths on the top of the trap were a good sign.
In all I had twenty three moths of twelve species, including a December Moth. which I'm always pleased to get.

December Moth


The full list is:

Epiphyas Postvittana x 2
December Moth x 1
Red-green Carpet x 2
Common Marbled Carpet x 1
Spruce Carpet x 6
Epirrita agg x 2
Feathered Thorn x 3
Blair's Shoulder-knot x 1
Red-line Quaker x 1
Yellow-line Quaker x 1
Flounced Chestnut x 1
Silver Y x 2
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4 comments:

  1. Adam Mantell13 November 2012 at 17:55

    You are doing a lot better than me Mark! Two moths a few nights ago, one Cypress Carpet and a (very late) Feathered Ranunculus... Traps out now, so we'll see if tonight is any better!

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  2. Mark Evans13 November 2012 at 18:35

    Well good luck with that.

    We could do with a night like last, on a weekend, so that Mike Hogan and I could get out with our Skinners.

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  3. Adam Mantell14 November 2012 at 09:23

    Having had the latest (I think!) VC41 record of Feathered Ranunculus a few days ago, last night I found the latest= record of Black Rustic. That was the only moth though! Dor Beetle the only other thing of interest.

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  4. Mark Evans14 November 2012 at 18:57

    You aren't in some sort of time warp down there, are you?
    Nice record though.

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