Rhoose

Just 5 moths in the trap this morning after a wet and breezy night, but the catch included a single Acleris rhombana which is new for the garden and a Rush Veneer.

Parc Slip

Put the trap out last night and had a decent catch despite a few torrential downpours overnight. Lots of common marbled carpets and black rustics with our first red-line quaker, brick, flounced chestnuts, grey and blair's shoulder-knots of the year. A few micros too with Agonopterix ocellana, A. umbellana, Acleris rhombana and Ypsolopha parenthesella. 29 species in total including this very small micro - is it Phyllonorycter messaniella?

Also this larger but less well-marked individual - it appeared greyer than it looks in the photo. Couldn't get anywhere with this one so if anyone could help I'd be grateful.

Also in the trap; one male dark bush cricket, one pungent Nicrophorus investigator and a couple of attractive bugs: Pantilius tunicatus.

Roath

Caught a Gem last night - first for 12 years in the garden. Also had my first autumn Cypress Carpet too. Other migrants were 2 Silver Y.

Finally in Llanishen!

It seems to have been a long time coming, but finally caught Cypress Carpet last night. Possibly more exciting however was Chorutis pariana - a species that must surely be overlooked in the county! Also a second brood Fan-foot.

Mecyna asinalis?

Am I right in thnking that this is a weakly marked example of Mecyna asinalis?













Also a single Pale Mottled Willow a couple of nights ago which could be another migrant?

Migrants

One Dark- sword Grass the only migrant here in Rudry last night, and that only my third since early May.

Migrant no show

I stuck the trap out again last night following reports of good migrant numbers on the south coast of England, but in the event caught not a single one. It wasn't a waste of time though, a Pink-barred Sallow was only my second garden record for Llandaff North. Other species just about worthy of note were Rosy Rustic, 3 Light Emerald, a late Snout and Acleris schalleriana.

Pink-barred Sallow

 Just to highlight my disappointment at the lack of migrants in my trap recently, this is what George Davis caught in Maenporth, Cornwall last night, as posted on Atropos Flight Arrivals:

"148 Rush Veneer,24 Vestal,4 Dark Sword Grass, 2 Silver Y, single Corn Borer, Ferrugalis Palpita Vitrealis, Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Delicate, Scarce Bordered Straw, Blair's Mocha and another Crimson Speckled"

Not fair!!