Ceredigion Moths – Business as Usual
Nothing too exciting in the moth trap last night. A reappearance of the Dark-barred and Red Twin-spot Carpets, both of which have two flight periods. An early one in mid April-June and a later in late July-August. I haven’t seen these for a while but we had both again last night.
Otherwise it was pretty much business as usual with a similar catch to the past few attempts. There was one new species though, a Lesser Yellow Underwing.
Here’s the full list:
- 2 x Flame Shoulder
- 4 x Scarce Footman
- 3 x Yellow-tail
- 5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
- 12 x Dark Arches
- 4 x White-line Dart
- 1 x Lackey
- 16 x Large Yellow Underwing
- 13 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 1 x Bright-line Brown-eye
- 3 x Rosy Minor
- 8 x Smoky Wainscot
- 1 x Drinker
- 5 x Scalloped Oak
- 4 x Garden Tiger
- 2 x Cloaked Minor
- 1 x Silver Y
- 2 x Lesser yellow Underwing
- 1 x Garden Carpet
- 1 x Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
- 1 x Red Twin-spot Carpet
- 1 x Clay
- 1 x Elephant Hawkmoth