Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Lighthouse Park

Ran the 120w actinic last night 26/5. Clear & 10° so was a bit optimistic but moths started dropping in around 2230.
31 moths of 23 species by 0200. NFY were as follows
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Light Emerald
Willow Beauty
Marbled Minor agg
Clouded Silver
Clouded Border
Freyer's Pug

Then the star of the night was pulled from the trap


This Toadflax Brocade.



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9 comments:

  1. Mel Oxford27 May 2015 at 14:23

    This is the first county record of Toadflax Brocade.

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  2. GMT27 May 2015 at 15:01

    Wow. New for Wales?

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  3. Mel Oxford27 May 2015 at 15:05

    Not sure if new for Wales yet but its looking like it might be.

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  4. sambbryo27 May 2015 at 23:08

    NBN shows two Gower records (but not in Moths of Glamorgan) and one for SM82 in NW inland Pembs. I don't remember anyone trapping in that area and strongly suspect a typo. Surely Mel's is new for Wales.

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  5. Valley Naturalist27 May 2015 at 23:09

    Excellent Mel!

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  6. Nick Felstead1 June 2015 at 06:43

    Well done Melvin. I'm sure you are pretty excited about the find and probably on a crest of a wave being Red Data Book.
    I remember when I caught the Etiella zinckenella back in October 2013 it gave me a great buzz and heightened my interest mothing.
    I'm sure you feel the same.

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    1. Mel Oxford1 June 2015 at 08:05

      Thanks Nick.yes i am still on a high.i get a buzz every time i set the trap you just never know whats going to drop in.still a lot of common moths to get for my garden life list, which drives me to set the trap every chance i get.

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  7. VC41Moths1 June 2015 at 07:56

    Just to clarify, the two Gateway records for Gower almost certainly refer to the same rejected record, so there are no VC41 records.

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    1. Mel Oxford1 June 2015 at 08:12

      Just one more record to authenticate.... Looking good for a good Welsh record.Many thanks to Sam & everyone who are doing so much to sort out this record for me.

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