Saturday 1 November 2014

More migrants

I'm currently in Oxford but the garden trap was kindly run on my behalf last night. The best catch was this Palpita vitrealis. A lovely moth, that I've been lucky enough to see in France before now - though this is the first garden record. An uncommon visitor: as of last year there had been only 3 records across all of north Wales (all from Peter in 2006 & 2013). Seems to be a species that is becoming more regular, possibly due to climate change.

Other migrants were Vestal, Udea ferrugalis and Silver Y.

Photo by Clare Boyes

10 comments:

  1. It's good to see that Palpita vitrealis is beginning to pop up in other parts of the county - well done Clare for getting the trap out.

    Ther was also a bit more migrant activity at my home site last night, I recorded singletons of Udea ferrugalis and Plutella xylostella.

    Peter.

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  2. At Commins Coch

    2 x Udea ferrugalis

    Peter.

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  3. Well done Clare - Douglas doesn't need to worry that he's missing moth records whilst he's away!

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  4. At Llandysill

    By a new moth-er in the county, Meurig Garbutt

    Small Mottled Willow
    Udea ferrugalis

    Well done Meurig and welcome aboard - the Small Mottled Willow is only the 10th record for this species in the county.

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  5. At Arddleen

    By a visiting moth-er Peter Terry, recorded at the end of October.

    Small Mottled Willow
    2 x Vestal

    This suggests that we did have had a least a small influx of Small Mottled Willow (amongst other migrants) across the county during the recent mild spell - so keep those traps active!

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  6. At Commins Coch on 06-11-14

    Udea ferrugalis
    Silver Y

    Peter.

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  7. At Commins Coch on 08-11-14

    Udea ferrugalis

    Peter.

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  8. At Commins Coch on 09-11-14

    Udea ferrugalis

    Peter.

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  9. At Commins Coch on 10-11-14

    Udea ferrugalis

    Peter.

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  10. At Commins Coch on 11-11-14

    2 Udea ferrugalis

    Peter.

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