Trapped on Friday night in mixed woodland at the Amelia Farm Trust just outside Barry. Despite the breezy and cool conditions we caught 40 species in just over 2 hours up until just after midnight. Quite a few nice moths in there too, the highlights were: Green Silver-lines, Double Line, Little Thorn, Coronet, Orange Footman, Marbled White-spot, Beautiful Golden Y, Ringed China-mark, Blood Vein, about 5 Scorched Wing, a green form of Yellow-barred Brindle and Small Yellow Wave. I will add photos of the Orange Footman and another smaller Footman that I haven't been able to id tomorrow.
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| Orange Footman? |
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| Mystery Footman |
Here are the two Footman (Footmen?) moths for a second opinion. The top one is more Orange than it appears in the photo. The bottom one doesn't seem to neatly fit any of the pics in W&T nor those on UK moths. It is small for a Footman at 14mm long, and I am beginning to wonder if it might be a small, pale Orange Footman!
Not bad for two hours, Adam. What a stunning moth Blood Vein is, I always think.
ReplyDeleteThey are stunning Mark. I also think the Green Silver-lines and the Scorched Wing take some beating!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on those, Adam.
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