A fair catch, of 27 species resulted from a mild, if wet night. Highlights included: Clepsis consimilana (1), Pyrausta purpuralis (2), Bee Moth (2), Thistle Ermine(1), 2 individuals of the normal form of Riband Wave: Ab. Remutata is more common locally; Swallow-tailed Moth (1), Red-necked Footman (1), Turnip Moth (1) and Bordered Sallow (1).
Mark Evans
Sat Jun 30 15:09:41 2007

Recent treats at home – 1) Humming Bird Hawkmoth feeding on red valerian on our patio this lunchtime 2) a Large Tabby (moth not cat!) in the house last night 3) on 17 June, picking blackcurrants in the garden, when I stepped back from the bush, found a pair of mated Currant Clearwings on my trouserleg - who needs pheromones!
Linda & Rob Nottage <rob at nottages dot freeserve dot co dot uk>
Bonvilston, Sat Jun 30 15:08:10 2007

Large Tabby & Currant Clearwings

Roath: 18 species including Toadflax Pug and a Blackneck, which was first record in ST17 since 1976 also new for garden.
DRWG
Sat Jun 30 15:02:28 2007

Piniphila bifasciana - only the fifth county record was the highlight in last night's damp trap. With it being another pine feeding species, it is probably on the increase. Interestingly, Pine Carpet was also new for the garden last night. Belated news of a Map-winged swift caught on 23rd June
Dave Slade
Llanishen, Cardiff, Sat Jun 30 8:47:30 2007

Piniphila bifasciana, Pine Carpet and Map Winged Swift

We've finally seen some butterflies today! Single Ringlet at both Newbridge fields and Bryntirion, Bridgend.
Mike & Emma Cram
Fri Jun 29 21:39:03 2007

KNNR: N-b 5 Spot Burnet (1), 6 Spot Burnet (1) and report from visiting botonist - Dark-green Frit & Small Pearl-bordered Frit. Moth trap produced: Broom, Lackey, Buff Ermine & Early Thorn. Pinch me its June, more like early November. Plus fen, fragrant, southern marsh, pyramidal common spotted orchids & Marsh helleborines.
DRWG
Fri Jun 29 16:14:07 2007

Bargoed: Home M/V trap produced just eleven species from 11pm until 12.30am last night, the temperature dropped to 38f with almost a full moon to be seen in a clear sky. Double Line, Purple Clay, Cabbage Moth, Square-spot Dart, Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart, Peppered Moth, Dark Arches, Mottled Beauty, Buff Ermine and Uncertain all braved the elements.
Bill Jones
Thu Jun 28 12:37:11 2007

Dark Arches, Uncertain & Purple Clay

I took part in the garden moth survey on the 22 and 23 june and this is what i had in my heath trap over two nights. 1 brimstone / 1 cinnabar/ 1 small magpie / 2 motled beauty /1 light emerald / 1 peppered moth /1 worm wood pug/1 doubled striped pug/ 1 grass moth chrysoteuchia culmella/1 tortricid aethes cnicana/5 heart darts / 2flame/1 light brocade/1 cabbage moth/2grey arches/2 brown line bright eye/1 sliver y/1 garden tiger/2 marbled white spot/1 staw dot/1 buff ermine/1rosy minor.also a vist to nant clydach . which is a wood valley near perthcelyn 1 clouded border / 1 red necked footman.cheers hope of some help
Martin Bevan <MmMartin66 at aol dot com>
Mountain Ash, south Wales Wed Jun 27 15:20:35 2007

Catch of around 50 moths last night included 2 Green Arches, Beautiful Gold Y and Snout.
Dave Beveridge <beverd at caerphilly dot gov dot uk>
Treowen, Tue Jun 26 10:43:29 2007

Green Arches, Beautiful Gold Y & Ghost

Rest Bay actinic produced 4 Silver Y, and a Poplar Grey new for the year.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Mon Jun 25 11:58:23 2007

In a couple of hours, early afternoon, before the showers arrived, I visited a vacant plot, on Hirwaun industrial estate, and in a brief sunny spell, lured three Six-belted Clearwing to API lure. I next met up with Mike Hogan, at a site West of Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, and despite the showers, we had Chrysoteuchia culmella, Green Carpet, Burnet Companion, and two Six- belted Clearwing: the first I've ever managed to lure in Merthyr.
Mark Evans
Sun Jun 24 15:33:59 2007

Bridgend overnight, MV, 65 moths, 25sp. Marbled Orchard Tortrix, Udea olivalis, Udea prunalis, Lackey, Peppered moth, Scalloped Oak and Silver Y all new for the site for the year.
Emma & Mike Cram
Sat Jun 23 10:39:35 2007

A nice article on the Guardian website today here. Mind you, the Guardianistas are a bit sniffy about it!
Andrew Lucas
Clydach, Swansea Sat Jun 23 7:58:41 2007

One Double Line last night, plus a species new for the garden: Grey Arches
Andrew Lucas
Clydach, Swansea Sat Jun 23 7:43:00 2007

A single Rush Veneer on the limestone plateau at Lock's Common this morning. Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Fri Jun 22 9:52:35 2007 A reasonable selection of species was recorded around Crymlyn Bog visitor centre last night despite the horrible weather. However, there were only a few species of note including 1 Beautiful Carpet, 7 Eyed Hawk-moth, 15 Double Line, 20 Southern Wainscot & 1 Suspected.
David Painter, Veronica Shenston & Barry Stewart
Thu Jun 21 12:26:13 2007

Beautiful Carpet, Southern Wainscot & Suspected

Bargoed: Gravid female Ghost Moth found on the pavement outside my home this morning, possibly a victim of the heavy overnight rain, very sad to see. Within two feet I picked up a Buff Ermine - very much alive and placed it in a safe area, where it would not be trodden on...'what a hero' !!
Bill Jones
Wed Jun 20 20:35:33 2007

Ghost Moth

A single Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary at Cwm Ffrwd yesterday (just north of the Heads of the Valleys, west of Merthyr Tydfil). Back in Cardiff, only one new species in my garden trap last night: Agapeta hamana.
George Tordoff
Wed Jun 20 8:53:34 2007

Parc Cwm Darran: Some grassland Crambinae from the Parc today included - Crambus pascuella, C lathionellus, C perlella and Chrysoteuchia culmella. Straw Dot and Pyrausta purpuralis also seen. Twenty or so Marbled Whites on the wing.
Bill Jones
Tue Jun 19 21:47:51 2007

Crambus pascuella, C. perlella, Chrysoteuchia culmella

Pyrausta purpuralis & Marbled White

Running my actinic garden trap, last night resulted in 24 species, the highlights of which were: Pyrausta purpuralis (1- new for garden), Garden Tiger(1), Turnip Moth, and Double Line(1).
Mark Evans
Tue Jun 19 19:55:50 2007

Rest Bay actinic: highlight yesterday was a Figure of 80 moth.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Tue Jun 19 7:14:20 2007

Figure of 80

Pleased to see a single Marbled White on Mumbles Head (17/06)
Tristan Bantock
Mumbles, Mon Jun 18 23:32:05 2007

Bridgend garden, MV trap, 60 moths 23 species. Highlights: Chrysoteuchia culmella, Crambus pascuella, Rush Veneer, Ghost, Spectacle, Swallow-tailed, Foxglove Pug, Willow Beauty, Common Emerald, Double Square-spot and Clay all new for the year. Dark Green Fritillary also noted at Kenfig Pool today.
Mike & Emma Cram
Sun Jun 17 23:26:42 2007

Parc Cwm Darran: Lively few hours spent between showers at this interesting location last Friday 15th, saw 10 or so Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, good numbers of Large Skippers, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral and 2 Painted Lady. The grassland micro's saw countless Glyphipterix thrasonella, glittering golden when the sun hit them, and also possibly Glyphipterix fuscoviridella. Many Crambus lathionellus also disturbed. Finally on the Odonata front my first lone male Beautiful Demoiselle from this location.
Bill Jones
Sun Jun 17 21:57:11 2007

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, Large Skipper & Glyphipterix thrasonella

Highlights from a session at Crawley Bluff, Nicholston last night included Chilo phragmitella, Donacaula forficella, Eudonia delunella, Mecyna asinalis, Lackey, Small Blood-vein, Beautiful Carpet, Fern, Pretty Chalk Carpet, Brown Scallop, Haworth's Pug, Blomer's Rivulet, Small Engrailed, Privet Hawk-moth, Double Line, Striped Wainscot, Clouded Brindle and Bordered Sallow. Also a few male Glow-worms and numerous Grey Bush-cricket nymphs appeared at the lights.
David Painter, Veronica Shenston & Barry Stewart
Sat Jun 16 15:16:59 2007

Brown Scallop & Eudonia delunella

Rest Bay actinic: a single Mottled Beauty and two Scoparia ambigualis were the only additions to the garden list this year in the trap this morning.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Fri Jun 15 16:10:00 2007

A power cut resulted in the garden trap running for only half the night. However, I still recorded 10 species, including Light Emerald and Pale Mottled Willow. A skinner trap run at Twynyrodyn Community school, Merthyr Tydfil,on the 13th, resulted in 33 species, including Diamond-back moth (1), Pandemis heparana (4), Epiblema uddmanniana (2), Small Elephant Hawk-moth (3), and The Coronet (1) Some of the catch was kept until the morning and shown to the children, as part of their events, marking Wales Biodiversity Week.
Mark Evans
Fri Jun 15 8:20:05 2007

Garden actinic trap overnight on Tuesday included new for the year Buff-tip (1); The Flame (1); Flame Carpet (1); Garden Carpet (2); Pale-shouldered Brocade; Bee Moth (1); Foxglove Pug (1) and Pale Mottled Willow (1).
Wayne Morris
Penygraig, Thu Jun 14 12:53:00 2007

Buff-tip

Thirty species at my garden trap last night, including three new ones: Scalloped Oak, Elephant Hawk and Dun-bar.
George Tordoff
Llandaff North, Cardiff Thu Jun 14 10:33:47 2007

White-letter Hairstreaks are flying in southern England and will be emerging in Glamorgan over the next few weeks, records from the target squares in Wales are really needed. If you find some elm, you have an excellent chance of success! Click here for details.Thanks and my apologies for the off topic post
Tristan Bantock <263768@swan.ac.uk>
Wed Jun 13 20:19:00 2007

The highlights from last night, in the garden (21 Spp), were Diamond-back Moth (1), Brown China Mark (1), my first Triple-spotted Clay and True Lover's-knot of the year, a lovely fresh Purple Bar, and a Buff Tip (my favourite moth).
Mark Evans <grizmoth@btinternet.com>
Wed Jun 13 14:12:32 2007

Cameraria ohridella (The Horse-Chestnut leaf-miner) is now firmly established in Bute Park. I counted about 40 mines on trees scattered around the park, mainly north of the Music College, although this was by no means an exhaustive search!
Dave Slade
Cardiff, Wed Jun 13 14:09:51 2007

Mullein moth larvae on Water Figwort at Parc Taf Bargoed this morning. Yesterday, a rather worn Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary nearby, at Coed Cefn Fforest.
George Tordoff
Wed Jun 13 13:45:22 2007

Two Dark Marbled Carpets were the highlight in the trap this morning. I thought I had one last week, which was inconclusive on external characters, but after dissecting proved to be Common Marbled, so it's nice to get some proper ones!
Dave Slade
Llanishen, Cardiff, Wed Jun 13 8:40:12 2007

Dark Marbled Carpet

One Privet Hawk moth this morning - a first for the garden. Andrew Lucas
Clydach , Swansea Tue Jun 12 13:23:12 2007 One Privet Hawk moth this morning - a first for the garden.
Andrew Lucas
Clydach , Swansea Tue Jun 12 13:23:08 2007

57 species in garden trap this morning, the highlight being 2 Double Line and my first Peach Blossom of the year. Have also had a couple of emergences from larvae collected at Kenfig last month, including Pandemis cerasana and Archips podana (from Hawthorn) and Anacampsis populella (from Aspen).
Barry Stewart <moonmoths@ntlworld.com>
Tue Jun 12 9:36:25 2007

Double Line, Anacampsis populella & Archips podana

Rest Bay actinic: new for year at this site included Dusky Brocade, Flame, and Hypsopygia costalis. Further records of White Colon, Turnip Moth, Pale Mottled Willow, Heart and Club, Green Pug and Bee Moth.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Tue Jun 12 9:26:34 2007

Heart and Club

Painted Lady & Red Admiral at Morlais Castle, Merthyr today along with Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly & 6 Broad-bodied Chasers on a nearby pond.
Mike Powell
Mon Jun 11 23:42:02 2007

Bridgend garden overnight,MV trap: our first Perenephela lancealis and Phtheochroa inopiana for the garden among 119 moths of 40sp. Other highlights were Agapeta hamana, Pebble Hook-tip, Flame Carpet, Barred Yellow, Spruce Carpet, Small Seraphim, Dipleurina lacustrata, 1 Poplar and 1 Elephant Hawkmoth, Flame, White Ermine, Buff Ermine, Heart & Club, Mottled Rustic, Treble Lines. Heart & Darts formed most of our catch.
Emma & Mike Cram
Mon Jun 11 22:36:10 2007

Perenephela lancealis, Phtheochroa inopiana and Small Seraphim

My 22w actinic, run overnight in the garden, attracted 25 species, including Celypha lacunana, Crambus pascuella, Bee moth, Buff Arches, the Coronet, Poplar Hawk-moth, Heart and Club and Iron Prominent. While sorting the catch, I noticed two micros flying around my Hart's-tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium). These turned out to be Psychoides verhuella.
Mark Evans
Mon Jun 11 14:14:16 2007


40W actinic overnight on Friday had Cinnabar (4), Magpie (1), Marbled Minor? (1), Large Yellow Underwing (1), White Ermine (1), Brown Silver-line (1), Light Brown Apple Moth (1), Heart and Dart (1) and Eudonia mercurella (1)
Wayne Morris
Penygraig, Mon Jun 11 10:51:16 2007

White Ermine

New species at my trap (MV) last night included Miller, Lackey, Buff Arches, Cinnabar and Batia lunaris.
George Tordoff
Llandaff North, Cardiff Mon Jun 11 9:37:40 2007

Over the Border: last night (9/6/07) at Dingestow (Monmouthshire) I had a Pempelia formosa to MV. This is a new species for VC35 (so far as I know) and Goater suggests it isn't in Wales. Has it been recorded in Glamorgan? (I'm not aware of any records of Pempelia formosa for VC41 - DJS)
Also a Sycamore & an Orange Footman, both 2nd records for the garden.
Sam Bosanquet <s.bosanquet@ccw.gov.uk>
Sun Jun 10 21:14:15 2007

Pempelia formosa

Bryngarw Country Park (Wales Biodiversity Week moth event): Double Line (2), Mottled Beauty (8), Ingrailed Clay (8), Green Carpet, Sharp-angled Peacock,White Ermine, Buff Ermine (2), and Brown Silver-line. Rest Bay garden actinic produced three new for the year: Bee Moth, Common wainscot and Marbled Beauty amongst 21 species. Kenfig Pool: dragonflies all over with up to 14 Red-veined Darters (some piars in tandem) along south and east shores, where also 20 or more Black-tailed Skimmers (at least 3 pairs in tandem), Emperor (2 males) and Four-spot Chaser(4+).
Steve Moon
Sun Jun 10 13:41:35 2007

Saturday 9th June 2007... Salt Lake car park, Porthcawl. The pyralid Homoeosoma sinuella(7)attracted to the pheromone api whilst attempting (unsuccessfully) to attract Six-belted Clearwing. At Kenfig Burrows during the afternoon a Red-tipped Clearwing was taken at tip & ves at SS802809 ... new for SS88. The specimen is currently at the Kenfig NNR centre if anyone wishes to view it. Also at Kenfig (south dunes)... Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet, Small Magpie, Opsibotys fuscalis, Crambus lathoniellus, Painted Lady, Common Blue, Small Heath, Dark Green Fritillary, Grass Rivulet & Yellow Shell.
Greg Jones <polydesmus47@yahoo.co.uk>
Sun Jun 10 11:28:14 2007

Parc Cwm Darran: Yesterday's superb weather saw the following macro's during the afternoon at Cwmllwydrew Meadows:- Loads of Burnet Companions, Brown Silver-line, Bloodvein, Six-spot Burnet, Wood Carpet, Spruce Carpet (on Spruce), and Marbled White Spot. Micro's seen included Nemophora degerella both male and female, Anthophilia fabriciana and Brown China-mark with several others needing identification. Nice to also see several Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary on the wing. As a bonus the hoverfly Volucella pellucens allowed me to photograph it.
Bill Jones
Sat Jun 9 22:52:21 2007

Nemophora degerella (Female on the left, Male on the right), and Volucella pellucens

Best catch of the year to date last night - 33 species including new for the garden list: Flame Carpet, Small Fan-foot, Spectacle, Toadflax Pug, Lychnis, Euzophera pinguis, Clepsis consimilana, Phlyctaenia coronata and Eurrhypara hortulata. I also saw Golden-ringed Dragonfly recently, on 7th June near Parc Taf Bargoed. Also in the area were Mullein moth larvae and Crambus pratella. George Tordoff
Llandaff North, Cardiff Sat Jun 9 11:08:17 2007

In the garden this morning, a dozen species included Pearly Underwing and Dark Sword-grass, together with this year's first Double Line.
Andrew Lucas
Clydach, Swansea Sat Jun 9 11:04:56 2007

Parc Cwm Darran: First Golden-ringed Dragonfly and Keeled Skimmer of the season seen yesterday at the Parc, both about three weeks earlier than last year, the trend continues.
Bill Jones
Sat Jun 9 9:04:59 2007

In addition to getting a very painful thorn in my finger, a quick beat of the large Purging Buckthorn bush in the pony field at Oxwich Marsh today produced a example of the attractive tortrix Phtheochroa sodaliana. This is only the second county (and possibly Welsh) record, the other being at Bull Cliff in 2001 (DRWG, MCP & DS). A few Tissue larvae and a mystery micro caterpillar were obtained, along with an adult Bryotropha desertella, though no sign of any Dark Umber or Brown Scallop larvae yet. If you know of any Purging Buckthorn, it's worth beating for these species over the next month, but be careful of those thorns as my finger's still throbbing!
Barry Stewart
Fri Jun 8 23:26:18 2007

Phtheochroa sodaliana

14 species in my trap this morning, including this Green Arches.
Sharon John <sharon.john1@tesco.net>
Fri Jun 8 20:55:55 2007

Green Arches

Rest Bay actinic: 25 spp including White Colon, Lime-speck Pug (2), Wormwood Pug (2), Common Pug, Freyer's Pug, Mottled Rustic (2), Uncertain (2), Rustic, Shears (4), Heart and Club (5), Heart and Dart (93), Vine's Rustic, Lychnis, Poplar Hawk (male), Riband Wave (dark-barred) and Common Swift.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Fri Jun 8 11:56:52 2007

White Colon

The provisional identification of Teleiodes luculella, taken at Waunwyllt wood on 2 June (see previous comment) has been confirmed. My thanks go to Dave Slade. On the 7th, I found 20 larvae of the Pyralid Pyrausta aurata on Cat Nip (Nepeta Sp) in my greenhouse.
Mark Evans
Thu Jun 7 20:21:19 2007

Bargoed: MV Lamp ran 5/6th June, from 10.30pm until 1.00am produced 30 species of Macro's which included:- Middle-barred Minor, Tawny Marbled Minor, Marbled White Spot, Purple Bar, Red Green Carpet, Mottled Beauty, Common Marbled Carpet,Shoulder-striped Wainscot, Shears and Clouded-bordered Brindle. Received the new concise Waring, Townsend and Lewington, Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, the fold flat design helps greatly with ID - highly recommended.
Bill Jones
Wed Jun 6 22:55:58 2007

Mottled Beauty

Rest Bay actinic: 15 species, including Shears, Green Pug, Willow Beauty, Knot Grass, Lychnis, Turnip Moth. Shoulder-striped Wainscot. Heart and Dart count has reached 114.
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Wed Jun 6 10:47:37 2007

Roath: 19 species including Old Lady & The Shears.
DRWG
Wed Jun 6 9:21:21 2007

Old Lady & Shears

At Nant y Crimp SSSI north of Penllergaer on 2 June, an actinic light produced a rather disappointing catch with only Striped Wainscot of note. The same evening in the garden produced two more new species for the site - Dark Spectacle and Mottled Rustic - with Elephant and Eyed hawk Moths. This morning in the garden there were several moths new for the year - Miller, Uncertain and Buff Arches. Out of county, an actinic at Carmel Woods this morning had Lobster Moth, Map winged Swift, Bloodvein, Marbled Brown and White-pinion Spotted, but no elm feeding species, which I'd rather being hoping for!
Andrew Lucas
Clydach, Swansea Tue Jun 5 16:30:26 2007

What should have been a good night's catch was somewhat spoiled by the five House sparrows that got into the trap. About 80 moths survived the carnage, including the first Light Arches, Middle-barred Minor and Spectacle for the year. A Green Arches was less fortunate. There were at least 20 Heart & Darts among the casualties, and with the survivors there would have been 85 in the trap.
Dave Slade
Llanishen, Cardiff, Tue Jun 5 8:14:00 2007

Rest Bay actinic this morning included White Colon, Heart and Club, Shears, Cabbage Moth, Vine's Rustic, Pale Mottled Rustic - and a Grass Rivulet!
Steve Moon
Porthcawl, Mon Jun 4 7:29:00 2007

Veronica Shenston at Cwm Ivy also reporting catching another Cypress Carpet last night, so it appears the species is well on the way to becoming established. We'll hopefully get one in our garden soon! Veronica also reported Blomer's Rivulet (new for SS49), Dingy Shell and White Colons from her garden last night.
Barry Stewart
Sun Jun 3 17:30:04 2007

Whitchurch Hosp. The highlight being a tick! Cypress Carpet. Following on from two records on Gower last autumn (1st vc rec.), this species has now been seen at Barry Island (31/05) and now in Cardiff. It was reported from Monmouthshire last month too.
DRWG
Sun Jun 3 15:17:31 2007

I ran the skinner trap from 22:00 til 02:35, in forestry, above Waunwyllt wood (ancient oakwood), Merthyr Tydfil (2-3 June). 52 species, including Ancylis mitterbacheriana, Beautiful Snout (7), Scorched Wing (8), Least Black Arches (1), Figure of Eighty (my first for a few years), The Coronet (1), Devon Carpet(2) and Buff Tip. I also took a micro which appears to be Teleiodes luculella: I'll have to get this confirmed (now confirmed - DJS).
Mark Evans
Sun Jun 3 12:10:31 2007

`Over the border`: Red-tipped clearwing out at 11.45 this morning at Pontnewydd SN447 073 near Kidwelly, Carms. Spotted on bramble brake next to path/stream near osier-dominated wet carr. Pheromones not used. Second vcr [first was also mine at Coed Gwempa in 1990 -that one caught on ground, again in wet carr. I still have the specimen].
Ian Morgan <ikmorgan@msurf.net>
Fri Jun 1 16:31:41 2007

My first Buff-tip of the year braved the elements to get to the trap last night, along with 53 other moths - 34 of which were Heart and Darts.
Dave Slade
Llanishen, Cardiff, Fri Jun 1 12:59:34 2007