Ceredigion Moths – A Varied Catch
The weather wasn’t great for moth trapping on Saturday night. It was raining when I put the trap out and then the wind picked up with gusts to 31.6 knots and average wind speed around 20-25 knots for most of the night. The temperature dropped to 13.8ºC, but there was still quite a varied catch in the trap come the morning with over 100 moths from 30 different species.
- 2x Scarce Footman
- 2x Garden Tiger
- 1x Ruby Tiger
- 1x Gold Spot
- 7x Heart and Dart
- 7x Lackey
- 31x Dark Arches
- 2x Small Magpie
- 3x Flame Shoulder
- 2x Dark / Grey Dagger agg.
- 18x Large Yellow Underwing
- 1x Buff Ermine
- 2x Poplar Grey
- 1x Dark Sword Grass
- 2x Archer’s Dart
- 10x Flame
- 3x Shuttle-shaped Dart
- 1x Common Wainscot
- 1x Eyed Hawkmoth
- 1x Silver Y
- 3x Common Rustic / Lesser Common Rustic agg.
- 1x Peach Blossom
- 1x Bright-line Brown-eye
- 1x July Highflyer
- 2x Swallow-tailed Moth*
- 1x Uncertain
- 1x Antler Moth*
- 1x Double-striped Pig
- 1x Clay
- 1x Pug – Not sure which yet? – Possibly Thyme Pug
The Peach Blossom with its bright pink splotches and the True Lover’s Knot are particularly nice.
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- Antler Moth
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- Double-striped Pug
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- Clay
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- Pug
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- Peach Blossom
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- Swallow-tailed Moth
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- True Lover’s Knot
