Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria)
Put the garden trap out for 1st time in a few weeks. Low expectations despite the mild conditions. Amazed to catch a Pale Brindled Beauty, the first time I've seen this moth before the new year.
5 species in total including my first December record of Double-striped Pug.
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Palpita vitrealis on olive tree trunk
Palpita vitrealis on olive tree trunk
Yesterday morning, after an overnight low of -1.7C, a female Palpita vitrealis on our garden olive tree, spotted by my daughter. Not something I was expecting to see after the recent frosts! Perhaps they can survive the winter now, even in Wales?
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After 18 years of waiting, finally got Chinese Character on the garden list! Also my first Palpita vitrealis of the year and a second gen Waved Umber.
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Currant Clearwing out in numbers already - six to the TIP lure in just a couple of minutes at the allotment this afternoon, in nice muggy weather.
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Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea)
Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)
Pine Beauty! Always a delight and I don't see them every year; this is only my 4th in the garden.
Also new for the year were Least Black Arches and a bunch of micros: Alucita hexadactyla, Epinotia immundana, Elachista canapennella & Caloptilia rufipennella.
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A Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli) in the moth trap on 27th March was my earliest garden record by 10 days.
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Well this isn't a photo I ever expected to be able to take - not one but two Acleris literana in the garden trap last night. I've only ever seen this oak-feeding species 4 or 5 times before, and all were singletons. And just one previous garden record in 18 years.
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Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis)
Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana)
Shoulder Stripe (Earophila badiata)
Lovely couple of hours in local oak-birch woodland last night, 11 moth species recorded. Highlights 7 Yellow Horned, Shoulder Stripe & a handsome striped form of Oak Nycteoline. March Moth top scorer with 12.
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