What’s this Caterpillar?
Morgan and I found this caterpillar in the garden on Saturday. We’re not quite sure what it is though, possibly the caterpillar of a Grass Eggar Moth. Does anyone agree / disagree?
Category: Moth Trapping
Out with the Moth Trap
We haven’t had the moth trap out much lately, and when we have there has been nothing in it. We put it out on Friday evening and despite pretty good conditions, the catch was still pretty small: 2x Early Grey 1x Common Quaker 2x Hebrew Character There have been quite a few shoulder stripes at...
A New Garden Species
Morgan suggested we put the moth trap out last night as it was the first day for ages without any wind. There weren’t loads of moths in it this morning, which is actually nice as it means that going through them is a little more relaxed, but there were 25 moths from 7 different species,...
Today’s Moths
Yes, at long last I put the moth trap out last night. It was a gorgeous night with light winds, clear skies and temperatures only dropping to 15ºC – are you sure this is Wales at the end of September. There weren’t loads of moths in the trap but there were enough. 66 in total from...
A Whole Load of Moths
It was a busy night in the moth trap last night. Despite not putting out a sheet, just the trap itself and not investigating it early in the morning there was still 185 moths in the trap, from 36 different species. Seven of which were new garden records as well. 1 x Oligia sp. 1...
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....
A few more Moths
At last another break in the weather and some time to put the moth trap out. Once again I put it out without a sheet so the catch wasn’t huge but there were 44 moths in the trap this morning from 10 different species, including a Poplar Hawkmoth. 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade 6 Lackey 12 Heart...
Scarlet Tiger Moth
I just spotted this whilst out in the garden so snapped a couple of quick shots of it. It’s a Scarlet Tiger moth. It isn’t particularly rare or special, but who cares when it looks like this. You don’t have to be ‘into moths’ to appreciate the colours on this one.
