Monday 9 May 2011

A stranger in the trap


A pretty poor moth catch last night, it was a bit too cool, however I did find this stunning Queen Hornet in the trap this morning, what a fabulous creature it is.


What's more it turns out (according to the NBN database) that this species has only been recorded in Montgomeryshire once before, at Welshpool in 1964.

3 comments:

  1. Have to be careful with those, die very easily in moth traps. They overhead I think.

    My dad saw one in the garden the other day and my neighbors had them nesting above their front door last year. I guess no one bothers to send in the records. Great find all the same.

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  2. Since my original posting it has been brought to my attantion that the hornet isn't as rare in the county (at least in the east of the county)as I originally thought - a perfect example of a lack of records, or more likely, records not being sent to the relevant authority!!

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  3. I saw the queen again (I presume it was the same one) on the 21-05-11, this time it was on top of the moth trap.

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