Five species were new for Cnwc: 1 Crescent (photo), 2 Currant Pug, 1 Tinea semifulvella, 1 Agriphila selasella and 1 Mirificarma mulinella.
The Crescent is a wandering wetland moth, originating from who knows where; indeed wetland species were very much a feature of the night, with other wetland/bog wanderers including 3 Round-winged Muslin, 15+ Small Rufous, 1 Beautiful Snout, 3 Slender Pug, 2 True Lover's Knot, 1 Striped Wainscot, 1 Acentria ephemerella (Water Veneer), 2 Anarsia spartiella, 2 Yponomeuta rorella and 1 Agonopterix conterminella.
Other Macro highlights were 4 Antler Moth, 3 Beautiful Carpet, 2 Broad-bordered Yellow-underwing (photo), 1 Triple-spotted Pug and 1 Bordered Beauty.
Micros of interest (to me at least) included an all-black Prays (to be blogged about later), 1 Achroia griseella Lesser Wax-moth (photo), 1 Pammene aurana, 1 Ptycholomoides aeriferanus, 1 Monochroa cytisella, 1 Emmetia marginea (photo) and the migrant Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer.
Moths were arriving at a rate of several individuals per minute and my smaller plastic trap was visibly shaking! Goodness knows how many more species would have turned up if I had continued until dawn as there were five common additions in the last 10 minutes.
That's a very impressive haul in that short space of time Sam!
ReplyDeleteAnd not a comfy chair or a mug of tea in sight! I wonder what difference an overnight catch would have made? I can't remember where I read it, but supposedly a single light source is far more effective that any form of multiples (consequently I try to keep my traps out of sight of each other) - if this is true, looks like Cnwc has even more potential!
ReplyDeleteThe Crescent is an interesting one as it's pretty much restricted to coastal areas in Glamorgan.
I had read the same thing as you Barry, so this is the first time I've had two traps together. My usual 2nd trap location shines into our guest room window, and we had a guest so I couldn't run the 2nd one there. I didn't have time to sit down so didn't need a comfy chair!!
ReplyDeleteI remain very open-minded about what makes a good trap setup and experimenting is always educational and sometimes profitable.
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