Well done. I didn't put the trap out last night , still recovering from night before. I should have done , someone half a mile from me got 124 in the trap.
Well done. I didn't put the trap out last night , still recovering from night before. I should have done , someone half a mile from me got 124 in the trap.
The first record for Wales on iNaturalist apparently and no local records on NBN Atlas. So far I've worked out 41 species from last night with a few more to try and work out. There must have been over 100 moths in all but I don't really record the numbers. It was a good night
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That's the Small Elephant Hawk Moth. I had the big one and the small one visit last night. The big one was zipping around the flowers in the garden like a nocturnal hummingbird.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Now here's an interesting one for those of us that like a micromoth. iNaturalist has no UK records and the NBN Atlas only has 100 records, none of which are in South Wales. The micromoth book also says they don't occur in this area which is odd as it seems to be prime habitat for them. It was trapped in the greenhouse but may have been a outlier from the trap last night.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The moth above is only the third county record apparently.
The last two nights have been almost perfect trapping weather but the results haven't been as amazing as that first warm night. Nothing new as far as I can tell but plenty of variety and lots of nice moths to keep the kids interested.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I had 21 micromoths last weekend, still to be identified. Some wouldn't even slow down after a day in the fridge, so I'm concentrating on bigger stuff. My eyesights not good enough for tiny stuff. The optician says I have the start of cataracts. The joys of getting older.
I look through the micromoth book and it's full of moths with amazing patterns and colours but the majority of the ones that come to the trap are fifty shades of grey. Then there's moths like this one which look like different species depending on the lighting.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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