Friday, 17 April 2020

Doward in first half of April


I tend to be rather erratic at moth trapping, occasionally using an all night actinic heath trap and sometimes a few hours with an mv.  I live on top of the Doward at the southern tip of Hereforshire and am surrounded mainly by woodland.
I had a goodish mv night on 10th with 20 macros and 5 micros dominated by Lunar Marbled Brown (30+), Frosted Green (20+) and Least Black Arches (15+) with year firsts Great Prominent, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Lobster, and Early Thorn. Assumed overwinterers includes a Satellite and Oak Nycteoline. A few early spring species such as Streamer, Shoulder Stripe and Early Tooth-striped were still around. Micros included Zellaria hepariella and (probable) Dyseriocrania subpururella.

 Last night (16th) my actinic was dominated by pugs with over 50 around the trap. There was also an early Marbled Brown (see pic) with several Lunar Marbled Brown and a first Scorched Carpet and Yellow-barred Brindle.

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  1. Peter Hall17 April 2020 at 17:19

    50 records of Zelleria hepariella in the county database, about 30 of which are since the turn of the century, so maybe it is inreasing slightly?
    By the way (and this applies to any Hereford moth trappers), the county database is almost updated fully so I am now happy to provide summaries of species and if anyone wants a county list, please e-mail me. Something like 1649 species recorded here.

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