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Friday, 8 May 2015
Election Night: - late results from Pwll
I`m afraid that it was a little bit of a late count at Pwll, pending other tasks to do (and tiredness!). In fact, it was a fair moth night - not particularly large numbers nor diversity, but 19 spp. which, after the recent famine of moths, was n`t too bad. There were also two migrants - singles each of dark sword grass and silver y, and a couple of FFYs - broken-barred carpet and puss moth. As with Steve and Chris, I too have a micro query (see below) for which I`d be grateful for an opinion.
Above: puss moth.
Above: broken-barred carpet.
Above: is this a faded/pale Cochylis atricapitana?
Above: another photo, which may aid the determination of this moth (see Barry`s suggestion under `comments).
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There's a hint of molliculana there, but dont have a book to hand to check...
ReplyDeleteThanks Barry...any views George/Sam please?
ReplyDeleteI`ve just been reading up re molliculana. If it`s any help, there`s plenty of the food-plant (bristly oxtongue) growing locally.
ReplyDeleteIt looks pretty worn, I wouldn't like to put a name to that from the pic!
ReplyDeleteC molliculana has been spreading into Glamorgan from the east, but has only reached Rhoose as far as I know, so would be a bit of a jump...