Ceredigion Moths
It was a good night for the moth trap last night. Overcast, light winds and temperatures only dropping to 13.2ºC. I put the trap out without a sheet again so didn’t have huge numbers in the trap but there was still plenty to go through with 60 moths from 21 different species
Here’s the list.
- 1 x Turnip Moth
- 1 x Swallow-tailed Moth
- 1 x Common White Wave*
- 3 x Buff Ermine
- 2 x Scalloped Oak
- 2 x Small Magpie
- 1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart
- 4 x Lackey
- 9 x Heart and Dart
- 18 x Dark Arches
- 1 x Common Wainscot
- 1 x Oligia sp.
- 2 x Large Yellow Underwing
- 2 x Garden Tiger
- 2 x Mottled Rustic
- 1 x Flame Shoulder
- 1 x White Ermine
- 2 x Bright-line Brown-eye
- 4 x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 1 x Smoky Wainscot
- 1 x Single-dotted Wave
The Common White Wave was a new garden species.
Common White Wave
Common White Wave
