{"id":2480,"date":"2009-09-21T14:09:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T13:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2009-09-21T18:41:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T17:41:43","slug":"moth-trapping-in-ceredigion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/09\/moth-trapping-in-ceredigion\/","title":{"rendered":"Moth Trapping in Ceredigion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The end of a busy weekend with no time for blogging, so here’s my first blog entry about what we got up to.<\/p>\n

It was National Moth Night on Sept 18th-19th. National Moth Night (NMN) is Britain’s celebration of moths and moth recording and started in 1999.<\/p>\n

As well as producing information about moths, an important aim of the event is to raise the profile of these insects, to highlight how attractive they are, and to raise awareness of the declines in moth populations that have taken place. Public events take place around the country, which can be a great introduction to the world of moths and stimulate some people to take up a fascinating new interest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Aberdyfi by Night<\/p><\/div>\n

The Warden at Ynyslas Nature Reserve had organised an event so we popped along to see what was going on. I took a few photos of Aberdyfi by night and then we met a few other people in the dunes by the visitor centre and found Mike (Senior Reserves Manager, Dyfi NNR) who had set up a moth trap in the dunes and also one on the bog.<\/p>\n

I didn’t (and still don’t) know much about moths and moth trapping, but we all huddled around the light of the moth trap whilst Mike gave us some stats and information on how it all works. He also told us\u00a0 a few stories of rare moth finds and sightings in the area as the moths started to appear. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see quite as many as had been hoped for, but some of them were still pretty impressive.<\/p>\n

We went back in the morning to see what had been caught in the other traps and saw a few more species. I was surprised by how well behaved they were in the morning and the fact that they should be relatively easy to photograph, so it probably won’t be long before I set up a moth trap of my own and start photographing and identifying them.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the moths<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Canary<\/a>

Canary Shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria)<\/p><\/div>
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\"Light<\/a>

Light Emerald ( Campaea margaritata)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n


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