Bridgend garden Mon 04Aug14

Back to home mothing with our MV trap. Heavy rain curtailed trapping at 0430 and we only recorded 20 species (31 individuals). The highlight was a new moth for the year in Garden Pebble taking the tally for 2014 to 160. Other intersting individuals includedRosy Footman, Dingy Footman, LBBY Underwing, Silver Y and The Spectacle.

Mike & Emma.

Broughton Burrows (Gower) Sun 03Aug14

Some weekend mothing with our little 8w Actinic Heath trap. The highlights a new moth for us in Acrobasis suavella, also Barred Fruit-tree Trotrix, Gypsonoma dealbana, Diamond-backed moth, Agriphila straminella, Twenty-plumed moth, Common Plume, Purple Bar, Red Twin-spot Carpet, July Highflyer, Scarce Footman, Small Elephant Hawkmoth, Yellow-tail, Dingy Footman, Flounced Rustic, Small Wainscot and The Spectacle. So far in the past week we've recorded 48 species (34 macro) at the site.

Mike & Emma

Rudry

Maiden's Blush the best of 25 species trapped last night.This was the second one i have had in my Rudry garden this year.

Despite the Rain

A very wet night, but as with George, there was a reasonable GMS catch. n all I had 33 species, the highlights of which were three Slender Brindle (I've done well for these, this year), a single Hypsopygia (Orthopygia) glaucinalis and the smallest Dingy Shell I've ever seen.

Slender Brindle

Hypsopygia glaucinalis

GMS Week 23, Llandaff North

A small but select catch on a very wet night. Highlights were Dark Spectacle (new for the garden), Sharp-angled Peacock (2nd garden and ST17 record) and both Canary-shouldered and August Thorns. Also plenty of Straw Dots.

Dark Spectacle

Sharp-angled Peacock

George

Roath

Highlights for the garden in July: Nettle-Tap (new), Marsh Grey [E. pallida], Oak Hook-tip (2nd rec.) Peach Blossom (new), Small Rivulet, Rivulet, Clouded Border (new), August Thorn, Black Arches (new) & Old Lady. Had good numbers of the Gothic this month. Also larvae of Small Ranunculus in Newport Road. Few migrants, just a couple of Silver Y & Diamond-back moths.

Parc Slip

Not as good as recently, probably due to the hideous weather yesterday and the showers overnight but still 70+ species. Nothing especially exciting with only southern wainscot, grass emerald, canary-shouldered thorn and Agriphila latistria new for the year at Parc Slip. Not many micros around but not sure about this one - Epinotia sp.?

Also the obligatory pug - white-spotted?