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Sunday, 3 July 2016

Pontyberem. 2nd July

Cat-sitting for my daughter in Pontyberem last night so took the opportunity to run a couple of traps in the garden. Calm and cool, 9C in the morning.
68 species in all. Half a dozen Eudonia delunella were very striking, presumably from the numerous old oaks nearby. Nice to see a fresh Garden Tiger, and a couple of Double Line. Star of the show, for me, though was this Mompha terminella. I'd not seen it until 10 days ago when it was the first adult for Glamorgan, and now another one! Anyone know its status in Carmarthen? I've kept it for now and will try for a better, non egg box, shot tomorrow.

Mompha terminella 4mm
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5 comments:

  1. Ian Morgan3 July 2016 at 05:38

    Just two other records in Carms Chris (last in 2011), according to Sam`s 2013 list (on R-hand side of this blog page). A good record - carrying on trapping at Pontyberem!

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  2. Chris Manley3 July 2016 at 08:11

    Thanks Ian, that's great.

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  3. sambbryo4 July 2016 at 12:47

    I netted one last summer near Llanboidy (in the far west), prior to which there were records from Nant-y-Clun (far north-east) and Whitland (far west). Your record is the first from SE Carms and the 2nd county record of an imago. Very nice!

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  4. sambbryo4 July 2016 at 12:49

    PS your photo is much better than mine - http://www.carmarthenshiremoths.co.uk/2015/06/ddol-farm-llanboidy.html

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  5. Chris Manley5 July 2016 at 03:37

    Thanks Sam. Seems a fairly scarce moth but possibly rather under-recorded as I've now had 2 recently, 20 miles apart. I'll put another photo up as it's a very smart little beast.

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