Other migrants were Vestal, Udea ferrugalis and Silver Y.
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| Photo by Clare Boyes |
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.
Other migrants were Vestal, Udea ferrugalis and Silver Y.
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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.
ReplyDeleteTher was also a bit more migrant activity at my home site last night, I recorded singletons of Udea ferrugalis and Plutella xylostella.
Peter.
At Commins Coch
ReplyDelete2 x Udea ferrugalis
Peter.
Well done Clare - Douglas doesn't need to worry that he's missing moth records whilst he's away!
ReplyDeleteAt Llandysill
ReplyDeleteBy 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.
At Arddleen
ReplyDeleteBy 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!
At Commins Coch on 06-11-14
ReplyDeleteUdea ferrugalis
Silver Y
Peter.
At Commins Coch on 08-11-14
ReplyDeleteUdea ferrugalis
Peter.
At Commins Coch on 09-11-14
ReplyDeleteUdea ferrugalis
Peter.
At Commins Coch on 10-11-14
ReplyDeleteUdea ferrugalis
Peter.
At Commins Coch on 11-11-14
ReplyDelete2 Udea ferrugalis
Peter.