Barred Hooktip

 Had this Barred Hooktip in the trap two nights ago. A first for me in Rhandirmwyn.

Old Friend Returns

 This moth turned up in my polytunnel this morning:

                                                            Semioscopis steinkellneriana

I have recorded this species before, several times, but not for a good few years as far as I remember.  Not a common moth so I was very pleased to see it again.

I haven't been trapping this year, so far, but that doesn't mean that I've lost interest!

Mompha divisella

 I started trapping last week and had a good number of the usual species for this time of year. The highlight was Mompha divisella. I had this spcies once in 2024.

 

Blossom Underwing

 Amongst the 150 moths in the trap this morning- sounds a lot but 92 were Small Quakers - was this Blossom Underwing.

New moth on my desk!

Not much happening recently so it was a bit of a suprise to find a new moth for me and Abernaint (Mompha divisella) wandering across my desk today!

A smattering of migrants

After a pretty quiet few weeks nice to see a few migrants in this morning's trap along with a handful of seasonal regulars. The highlight was this Palpita vitrealis, other migrants were a single Scarce Bordered Straw and 5 Rusty Dot Pearls.

34.009 Cosmopterix pulchrimella

Ian very kindly brought me three of these tiny (4.5mm long) moths to photograph. They are quite lively but here's at least one reasonable image.