Rhoose again!

Another good trapping session at home last night with specied count in the high 60's.  Highlights include Single-dotted Wave (first for garden record) plus the pics below:



Oidaematophorus lithodactyla - the largest Plume I have seen to date.

 

Four-dotted Footman.  Also Common and Dingy Footman (Footmen?) last night.










Struggling to put a name to this one.  Can anyone help with that?

Brynllywarth, Llangynwyd last night.

                          Epinotia brunnichana

                           Dingy shell.
                           57 species including Dot moth, Single dotted wave, Sandy
                           carpet, Iron prominent, Archips podana, Water veneer
                           and singles of Silver Y and Diamond back moth.

Gorseinon

Our 4th garden record of Scarce Burnished Brass (the last being in 2002) was the best of just 45 species last night, other highlights being Bordered Beauty, Oak Nycteoline, Bordered Sallow and Double Line. Mainly singles Dark Arches being the only species in decent numbers (c40).

Acleris forsskaleana

Scarce Burnished Brass

Rhoose last night pt 2

71 species last night, which I think is the highest total for the garden record!
Highlights included another Recurvaria leucatella and first appearance for the year for Cochylis roseana. New to the garden record include Twin-spot Carpet, Meal Moth, Codling Moth, Pandemis heparana, Clouded Border, and the moth below, which I hope is a Brussels Lace but have popped the pic up just to be sure. Certainly the size is right.

Brussels Lace??

Dave, I also have a tiny (4mm long max) moth from last night which is so small I can't get a useable photo of it with my camera. It's metallic silvery black with white markings on it, and very distinctive fluffy black labial palps or scales on its head. I can't find a match, but if I were guessing I would say it might be one of the Tineidae perhaps from the body shape. It would be interesting to know what it is as I have not seen one before. Would you like to have a look if I post it to you? No problem if you don't have time, just let me know.

Rhoose last night

Could this be Eucosma obumbratana? A few more pics to follow later...

Nantyffyllon this morning.

                                      Ebulea crocealis.

                                      Leucoptera spartifoliella on Broom.

Belated News...

This Oxyptilus parvidactylus was photographed on the limestone grassland near St Brides Major by Phil Barden of Devon on the 8th July. He subsequently sent me the specimen for confirmation. This is only the second county record for this small plume, the first being taken by R.G. Warren in 1979.