Also, further to the hornet conversation - relatives of mine who live a mile or two outside of Llandeilo (New Inn) told me they had 5 hornets at their window on tuesday night and again on wednesday.
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Sunday, 6 October 2013
Salem
Haven't trapped for a while in Carms so thought I'd try and make the most of the migrant-fest that seems to be happening! Weather got rather cooler than expected but I was happy with my catch - 22 species including two of the ones I was hoping for. Commonest were common marbled carpet (14) and yellow-line quaker (12) and migrants were represented by a couple of dark sword-grass, rush veneer and a vestal (one of my targets). Other nice moths were merveille du jour x 4 (the other target as I've never caught one myself), brindled green, red-green carpet, feathered thorn, green-brindled crescent, flounced chestnut and red-line quaker. Just a couple of micros - garden rose and rhomboid tortrix. Gratuitous merveille photo:
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Really nice `Merve` photo Vaughan, next to the lichen too!
ReplyDeletePS - can I have a grid ref etc for the hornet sighting please? Thanks...just email it direct to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian - will send the grid ref through shortly
ReplyDeleteI think the lichen is Punctelia subrudecta - probably a new record for the square, judging by Theresa Greenaway's lichen maps today. <1/4 of Carms 1km squares have even a single lichen species recorded. It would be nice to produce a few moth maps...
ReplyDeleteIt's on a pear tree if that makes any difference!
ReplyDeletePunctelia subrudecta grows on all sorts of trees, as do the liverworts Frullania dilatata and Metzgeria cf fruticulosa that make up the rest of the Merveille's background!
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