Heatwave wanderers

The heatwave produced two new Macros for my home patch last night (27/6).  A Blackneck (#394) was reasonably predictable because its foodplant (Tufted Vetch) grows in some of our fields, but I suspect this was a wanderer from further south in the county.  An Obscure Wainscot (#395) was altogether more surprising given the rarity of Reeds in most of inland Monmouthshire, although it is perhaps no more unlikely than my 8 records of Large Wainscot.

note the pale costa, white 'antler', widespread dark scales, curved line of black dots,

and pale diagonal wingtip mark on the Obscure Wainscot

Another really notable wanderer in the trap was the Mayfly Ephemera lineata - with its unique rows of dashes on each abdominal segment - 2 on 25/6 and 8 on 27/6.  This species only breeds in the Wye and the Thames, but it is a powerful flyer and clearly wanders quite widely in search of new rivers.