Faye and David ran an MV and Actinic all night at Keepers, near Brechfa on Saturday night and with help from Jan and me IDed a good haul of macros and micros.
Jan was in charge of the macro list, and I rather lost track: 60+ spp including Large Emerald, Devon Carpet, Twin-spot Carpet, Slender Pug, Triple-spotted Pug, White-spotted Pug, Goldenrod Pug, Welsh Wave, Bordered Beauty, Dotted Clay, Double Kidney, Slender Brindle, Small Wainscot and Pinion-streaked Snout. I IDed 21 micro spp, including Coleophora argentula, Mompha rashkiella, Lozotaenia forsterana, Epinotia brunichana and Archips xylosteana. The Chafer beetle Serica brunnea was a nice bonus.
At least 30 people including a good number of children attended this morning and asked lots of questions, so thankyou to Faye and David for organising the event.
A nice haul of moths! Well done. Now that -perhaps!- the Brechfa moth`ers have possibly `got the bug` for `away from home mothing`, the options are endless.....what about those nice bogs/heaths on the ridge just south of Brechfa?!!! I`m sure that there are good moths there!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are Ian, and on Mynydd Llanllwni. However, Keepers is very much not off the beaten track: it's the Forest School centre with mains electricity, whereas David & Fay live off-grid.
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