Nantyffyllon,Llynfi valley-Pammene aurana (1272)feeding on umbelifer flower this afternoon.Twin spot carpet (2)this evening at garnwen Nightjar site.
paul parsons <paulparsons99@btinternet.com>
Tue Jul 31 23:02:29 2007

Night of Monday 30/07/07, 125 mv in garden; only 7 spp the highlight being Golden Plusia.
Mike Hogan <mhogan@dsl.pipex.com>
Merthyr, Tue Jul 31 22:13:21 2007

Finally a night's mothing! - MV Bridgend garden: Diamond-back moth, Single-dotted Wave, Small Phoenix, Willow Beauty, Mottled Beauty, Poplar Hawkmoth, Buff Tip, Buff Ermine, Gothic, Dot moth, Marbled Beauty the highlights. 41 moths/25 species.
Emma & Mike Cram
Tue Jul 31 21:12:11 2007

( to mv in the garden last night from 21:30 to 11:00)rustic, flame shoulder (4),large yellow under wing (3),buff arches(2), common footman.
Nigel Addecott
Taffs Well, Tue Jul 31 7:16:11 2007

Rest Bay actinic: Just 13 species, most regulars, but includes a single Dingy Footman, Smoky Wainscot, Cabbage Moth, Clay, Rustic and Willow Beauty.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Mon Jul 30 12:06:26 2007

Parc Cwm Darran, July 27th: Stroll around 'my patch' produced Evergestis pallidata (7no) (Re-determined - Udea lutealis - BS), Six-spot Burnet (4no), Cinnabar, Straw Dot (3no), Brown China-mark (4no), Pyrausta aurata (3no) and Common Carpet. A very healthy colony of Small Skipper. Also saw the larva of Red Sword-grass (for the second consecutive year at this location)and the predator of both moth and butterfly larvae - Picromerus bidens.
Bill Jones
Sun Jul 29 21:23:52 2007

Red Sword-grass, Small Skipper, Udea lutealis, and Picromerus bidens

Nantyffyllon,Llynfi valley,Dawn walk on 28 July -Ancylis badiana,Dichrorampha montanana (2)and a mating pair of Phyllonrycter dubitella on Goat willow.
paul parsons <paulparsons99@btinternet.com>
Sun Jul 29 18:24:42 2007

Llynfi valley actinic 27 july-31 species including:Double line,True lovers knot,Eucosma campoliliana (1197),Zieraphera ratzburgiana (1163),Agriphilla geniculea (1309).M.Hnatiuk
paul parsons <paulparsons99@btinternet.com>
Sat Jul 28 21:11:48 2007

Leps at Llanilid this morning included Shaded Broad-bar, Clouded Yellow (1), Small Blue (2), Common Blue (30), Wall, Grayling and numerous Gatekeepers. A couple of Keeled Skimmers were present among the odonata.
Paul Roberts
Sat Jul 28 15:08:53 2007

Park Woods, Gower, this morning in 15W actinic - 21 species including 6 Black Arches and 3 Double Kidney. In the garden, the usual stuff, the 'highlight' being my first garden Silver Y of the year.
Andrew Lucas
Clydach , Swansea Sat Jul 28 9:14:48 2007

Llynfi valley actinic-Late report from Tues 24 July. 42species,including Scalloped oak,Swallowtail moth,Common lutestring,Slender brindle,Small emerald,Devon carpet,Ling pug,Double line,Marsh oblique-barred (3),Dipleurina lacustrata,Catoptria pinella,Bryotropha terella and Psychoides binavella.Also caught a Eulamprotes sp. possibly Atrella (731),which i need to confirm as it would be new for the valley.
paul parsons <paulparsons99@btinternet.com>
Fri Jul 27 14:10:37 2007

Rest Bay actinic: highlight was a pristine male Crescent Dart, also Elephant Hawk, Garden Tiger, Cabbage Moth (3), Turnip Moth, Scalloped Oak, among 18 species.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Thu Jul 26 21:16:41 2007

Despite the rain, last night, I managed to run my actinic garden trap. Twenty six species were recorded, including Epiblema foenella, Blastobasis ustella, Eudonia mercurella, Pyrausta aurata, Common Carpet, Scalloped Oak, Canary-shouldered Thorn, Ruby Tiger, Scarce Footman, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Shuttle-shaped dart, Smoky Wainscot, The Coronet and Pale Mottled Willow.
Mark Evans
Thu Jul 26 16:49:00 2007

Bargoed: After a rare bright day on Tuesday I risked the rain promised weather forecast for a few hours (10.30pm until 01.00am) with my home garden MV trap, I was rewarded with Barred Hook-tip, Scallop Shell, Small Fan-footed Wave, Common Wainscot, Poplar & Elephant Hawkmoths, Scalloped Oak, Rosy Minor, Buff Arches, Drinker, Clouded Border (4), Buff-tip, Muslin Footman (5), Scarce & Common Footman and Double-striped Pug. The micro's included Mother of Pearl, Phlyctaenia coronata, Dipleurina lacustrata and Blastobasis Sp among a take of 48 different species - and yes it started raining again just after 2 o'clock!!!
Bill Jones
Thu Jul 26 11:02:33 2007

Scalloped Shell, Barred Hook-tip, Mother of Pearl, Rosy Minor, Buff Arches & Double-striped Pug.

On Tuesday (when the sun shone for once), I came across larvae of Light Knot-grass and Red Sword-grass in boggy moorland at Bryn Ddu (by the former Bavistock hotel, just off the A465, west of Merthyr Tydfil).
George Tordoff
Thu Jul 26 9:52:27 2007

Please note that the mothing session mentioned in my earlier entry, is not an official GMRG event. Also, be aware, that this mothing session is now likely to be rained off: contact me first.
Mark Evans <grizmoth@btinternet.com>
Tue Jul 24 13:58:43 2007

Rest Bay actinic: apologies for this late posting, on 23rd 27 species including Silver Y (9), Dark Sword-grass, Diamond-backed Moth (2), Peppered Moth, Dot Moth, White-line Dart, Ypsophola scabrella (2), Y. dentella, and the Clay (2).
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Tue Jul 24 10:01:00 2007

Twenty five species in the 22 watt actinic garden trap, this morning. The highlights included Blastobasis ustella, Epiblema foenellum, Scalloped Oak, Poplar Hawk-moth, Dingy Footman, Scarce Footman, Double line and Pale Mottled Willow. Incidentally, if anyone is interested, I will be running my Skinner trap this evening, from 22:00, near St Joseph's church, Cwmaman. ST 000 993. I'll be by the TV mast.
Mark Evans
Tue Jul 24 8:05:40 2007

Epiblema foenella, Scalloped Oak, Blastobasis adustella (=lignea)

garden actinic highlights from last night were:-scalloped oak (2), riband wave, single-dotted wave, Shaded broad-bar, flame shoulder, Silver Y, nut-tree tussock, Shuttle shaped dart.
Nigel Addecott
Taffs Well, Mon Jul 23 21:13:18 2007

Roath: 23/07/06 - Small Ranunculus (4th this year in garden). 20/07 - Pheonix (1), Scarce Footman (1, 2nd site rec.) & a Silvey Y (f. nigricans), which could well be the first record of this rare form in Glamorgan.
DRWG
Mon Jul 23 15:08:18 2007

Silver Y - f. nigricans

Only 13 species in the garden 22 watt, actinic trap, this morning. The highlights were Blastobasis ustella (2), the Drinker, Shaded Broad-bar, Foxglove Pug and Dotted Clay.
Mark Evans
Cwmbach, Aberdare, Sun Jul 22 20:42:31 2007

At Old Castle Down today saw 4 Chalk Carpets. Only other moths were Brown Silver-line and Silver Y's.
Kelly Thomas
Sun Jul 22 17:38:32 2007

Last night produced three new species for my garden list in an otherwise poor catch: Nut-tree Tussock, Honeysuckle moth (Ypsolopha dentella) and Phycita roborella.
George Tordoff
Llandaff North, Cardiff Fri Jul 20 17:07:14 2007

Gothic, Lychnis, Bright line brown eye, Buff Ermine, Riband wave & Fan-Foot, all to 25w actinic in the garden,thanks to Jake for helping with the ID's over last week or so.
Nigel Addecott
Taffs Well, Thu Jul 19 20:25:00 2007

Gothic, Lychins, Fan-foot, & Buff Ermine

Rest Bay actinic: new for the year included Honeysuckle Moth, Grey Dagger (det.), Garden Pebble, Phoenix, and Dingy Footman. Also a Marbled Green, Ypsolopha scabrella and 16 other regulars.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Thu Jul 19 16:54:10 2007

Heliport coastal path: 11 species of butterfly: Dark-green Fritillary (1), Small Heath (1), Small Tortoiseshell (1), Peacock (2), Painted lady (1), Large White (5), Small White (25), Meadow brown (30), Gatekeeper (40), Common Blue (40) & Grayling (14 inc. pair in cop.). Moths: Six-spot Burnet (35 inc. 3 pairs in cop.), Silver Y (1) & Shaded Broad-bar (1) + Emperor dragonfly (1). The coastal path was awash with colour, with many wild flowers in bloom. A really pleasant midday walk.
DRWG
Thu Jul 19 16:34:10 2007

Rest Bay actinic: my first Crescent Dart of the year, also Common Footman.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Tue Jul 17 9:35:12 2007

Crescent Dart

Things have picked up a bit over the weekend, but I still seem to be catching the same 30 or so species each night. Had two species new for the garden this morning - Cabbage moth and Slender Brindle, plus a Double Line. On Saturday night, an actinic near Glais produced seven Double Lines - the most numerous species in the trap. On 6 July Single Dotted Wave was new for the garden. On 23 June an actinic at Park wood, Gower, caught six Blomer's Rivulet, but not much else of interest.
Andrew Lucas
Clydach, Swansea Mon Jul 16 13:51:58 2007

This lunchtime, a Hummingbird Hawk-moth and my first Gatekeeper of the year.
Wayne Morris
Treforest, Mon Jul 16 13:08:36 2007

Bargoed: Saturday night provided ideal conditions for 58 different species coming to MV lamp with no wind and good cloud cover, including Buff Arches (10), Straw Dot, Small Elephant Hawkmoth, Elephant Hawkmoth, Double Line (2), Small Angle Shades, Drinker, Buff-tip, Large Emerald, Early Thorn, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Dark Spectacle, Shark, Scarce & Muslin Footman, Short-cloaked Moth (3). Among the Micro's were Phlyctaenia coronata, Chrysoteuchia culmella, Gypsonoma sp and five different Scoparia/Eudonia species still needing accurate identification. Thank heavens for the greenhouse - yesterday's weather was abysmal, I suffered with bad light for all my ID/record photographs.
Bill Jones
Mon Jul 16 12:15:04 2007

Buff-tip, Drinker, Dark Spectacle, Large Emerald, Shark & Short-cloaked Moth

Rest Bay actinic: best were a Beautiful Hook-tip and a Foxglove Pug in catch of 30 species.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Sun Jul 15 17:42:40 2007

40W actinic trap in the garden had a decent selection this morning including new for the year Garden Tiger (1); Herald (1); Riband Wave (1); Scalloped Oak (1); Purple Clay (2); Clouded Border (1); Common Footman (1).
Wayne Morris
Penygraig, Sun Jul 15 17:24:36 2007

I took the opportunity to run my 125 watt Skinner trap at Ton-ty-pel, Cefnpennar (SO 033 015); from 22:00 until the rain arrived, at 03:20. I recorded 77 species, on this mild (13.5 degrees) night. The highlights, in no particular order, were: Ghost Moth, Map-winged Swift, Bordered Sallow, Ruby Tiger, the warringtonellus form of Crambus perlella, Muslin Footman, Common Footman, Scarce Footman, Dingy Footman, Buff Footman, Apotomis turbidana, Eana incanana (a first for me), Pempelia palumbella, Phlyctaenia coronata,Swallow prominent, Double Line, Narrow-winged Pug, Elephant Hawk-moth and Brown-line Bright-eye.
Mark Evans
Sun Jul 15 13:41:13 2007

Best haul for about a month in my MV Skinner this morning after a warm and wet night. Quite a few species that I don't think of as garden moths - Scarce Silver-lines, Pinion-streaked Snout, Yellow-tail and Dingy Footman. Also Gothic, August Thorn, Marbled Beauty and Bactra lancealana new for the year.
George Tordoff
Llandaff North, Cardiff Fri Jul 13 12:51:54 2007

My 22 watt actinic garden trap, run overnight, resulted in 28 species, the highlights of which were: Phycitodes binaevella, Phlyctaenia coronata, Pyrausta aurata, P. purpuralis, Bee Moth, Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Scarce Footman (4), Cinnabar, Garden Tiger, my first Antler moth and Dot Moths of the year, and Burnished Brass (always welcome)
Mark Evans
Fri Jul 13 8:12:50 2007

I've just got around to identifying a plain, silvery grey Tortricid, trapped in my garden on the 10th. It was the Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana). The Metcheck online weather forecast is tentatively indicating a possible change to more settled, summery weather in the second half of the month; so take heart.
Mark Evans
Thu Jul 12 20:14:44 2007

Roath: 13 species to MVL including Oegoconia quadripuncta and a Small Ranunculus (2nd of year in garden).
DRWG
Thu Jul 12 18:18:37 2007

Rest Bay actinic: amongst 13 species were Knot Grass, Double Square-spot, Cabbage Moth (2), Scalloped Oak (5), Rustic (2), and just singles of Heart and Dart, Uncertain, Willow Beauty and Garden Carpet.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Thu Jul 12 15:08:31 2007

Parc Cwm Darran: While pootling around a favourite patch of young Salix yesterday afternoon I was pleased to see this lovely specimen of Emperor Moth caterpillar.
Bill Jones
Wed Jul 11 9:47:20 2007

Emperor Moth caterpillar

A single Dark Green Fritillary seen today at Y Graig, Merthyr Tydfil. Nectaring on red clover in a cracking bit of flowery grassland between Gyrnos and the Heads of the Valleys Rd.
George Tordoff
Tue Jul 10 23:35:26 2007

On my posting of 28th of June I included a record for Square-spot Dart - it should have read Double Square-spot. On yesterday's posting I included Triple-spotted Clay this also should have read as Double Square-spot...I'm simply having a few bad Double Square-spot days, it normally wares off!!
Bill Jones
Tue Jul 10 21:03:23 2007

Double Square-spot

Rest Bay actinic trap, over the wekend, produced Ypsolopha scabrella, v-pug, flame shoulder, Agriphila straminella, heart and club, and bee moth amongst 19 species.
Steve Moon
Porthcawk, Mon Jul 9 18:28:15 2007

Bargoed: Excellent 2 hours mothing with home MV Trap from 10.30pm Friday until 12.30am Saturday produced 50 species with an interesting assortment that included:- Gothic, Double-striped Pug, V-Pug, Wormwood Pug, Single-dotted Wave, Muslin Footman, Triple-spotted Clay, Poplar Grey and Grey Dagger, while amongst the more 'exotic' were five Swallow-tailed Moths, Elephant Hawkmoth, Common Emerald, Peach Blossom, Burnished Brass and White Plume Moth. Also the fairly uncommon Pyralid Phlyctaenia stachydalis was taken.
Bill Jones
Mon Jul 9 8:32:42 2007

Phlyctaenia stachydalis, Muslin Footman, Gothic, Common Emerald & Burnished Brass

A short visit to Hirwaun industrial estate resulted in 7 Six-belted Clearwings (lured), Crambus perlella, Crambus pascuella, Eucosma cana, Shaded broad-bar, The Uncertain, Cinnabar, Yellow Shell, Small and large Skippers, Meadow Brown and one Clouded Yellow.
Mark Evans
Sun Jul 8 16:32:50 2007

A correction to my entry, of 7th July. The Ypsolopha mentioned was Y. dentella, not Y. parenthesella, as stated. I got things a little mixed up.
Mark Evans
Sun Jul 8 10:56:46 2007

An overnight minimum temperature of just 5.9 degrees resulted in a poor catch in the garden trap, last night: ten species. Epiblema rosaecolana; Single-dotted Wave; Clouded Border; Peppered Moth; The Flame; Flame Shoulder; Triple-spotted Clay; Bright-line Brown-eye; Light Knot-grass (doing a tantalising impression of Scarce dagger) and The Rustic.
Mark Evans
Sun Jul 8 9:51:49 2007

Mike Hogan and I ran two Skinner traps at Cwm Taf Fechan, from 22:00 til 03:15. 55 species were recorded, the highlights being: Caloptilia elongella, Ypsolopha parenthesella, Paraswammerdamia lutarea, Prays fraxinella (normal and black forms) Olindia schumacherana, Udea olivalis, Perinephela lancealis, Map-winged Swift, Large Emerald, Satin Lutestring, Beautiful Carpet, Sandy Carpet, Satin Beauty, Buff Tip, Swallow Prominent, Small-dotted Buff and Burnished Brass.
Mark Evans
Sat Jul 7 19:50:44 2007

Late morning stroll at Fforest Fawr produced 9-10 Silver-washed Fritillaries, plus Ringlets, Meadow Browns, a Red Admiral and a Large White. This afternoon at Clydach Vale were 4 Dark-green Fritillaries, Large and Small Skippers, plenty of Cinnabars, a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and a Four-spotted Chaser.
Wayne Morris
Sat Jul 7 14:55:12 2007

Nearly missed this Leopard Moth that was on my beans this morning.
Sharon John <sharon.john1@tesco.net>
Sat Jul 7 12:34:17 2007

Leopard Moth

Overnight 40W actinic trap included new for the year Shark (1); Buff Ermine (1); Dot Moth (1); Small Magpie (1) and a Gypsonoma sp. (1).
Wayne Morris
Penygraig, Sat Jul 7 9:13:08 2007

Today, I found mines of the The Horse Chestnut leaf miner by Llanishen Station (ST1882) and just north of Tonrnhill Crematorium (ST1682). Other mines recorded being Ectodemia louisella on Field Maple and Phyllonorycter stettenensis on Alder.
Dave Slade
Llanishen, Cardiff, Fri Jul 6 17:02:25 2007

On the 3rd July, I found a leaf mine of the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner on a Horse Chestnut in Cyfarthfa park, Merthyr Tydfil. Also seen there was a Comma butterfly, of the form 'Hutchinsoni'. In my garden trap this morning (4th) I had, among other things, an Eyed Hawk-moth, a Turnip Moth, a Pale Mottled willow and a Scarce Footman.
Mark Evans
Wed Jul 4 20:05:14 2007

Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner & Comma

The last of the larvae collected from the Purging Buckthorn bush on 8th June at Oxwich emerged as an adult today, this time Pandemis heparana (Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix).
Barry Stewart
Wed Jul 4 14:11:00 2007

Pandemis heparana

Roath, Cardiff: 11 species including a Small Ranunculus (11th vc41 (9 since 2004) & 4th garden rec.). This species has now been annual in Cardiff (both larval & imago) since 2004.
DRWG
Mon Jul 2 11:40:14 2007

Small Ranunculus

Bargoed: Casual dusk search around home garden plants over the weekend with torch produced a mating pair of Bee moths, White Plume and Buff Ermine. Even allowing for this atrocious weather the exuvia of Southern Hawker was found half way up fence a journey of 6 foot or more from the pond.
Bill Jones
Mon Jul 2 10:41:03 2007

Male and Female Bee Moth

An adult Tissue emerged today, the larva having been beaten from Purging Buckthorn at Oxwich on 08-June-07.
Barry Stewart
Sun Jul 1 19:29:27 2007

Tissue