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Sunday 30 April 2017

Great Prominent - Carmarthenshire North

Robinson mv 125w trap in the garden - Saturday 29 April.

Started off cloudy, turning clear, fresh and breezy, with temps falling from 12 degrees daytime, down to 9 degrees evening. This brought in 15 moths of 10 species including this rather fine and handsome Great Prominent. nfy, nfg, nfy.

                                                    
                                                          Great Prominent - Peredea anceps


Prominents that have arrived in the garden to date:-

Iron Prominent...............................12 Apr '17
Pebble Prominent...........................13 Apr '17
Pale Prominent...............................13 Apr '17
Lesser Swallow Prominent.............21 Apr '17
Great Prominent..............................29 Apr '17
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3 comments:

  1. Ian Morgan30 April 2017 at 22:49

    Nice record. It`s a species that we seemingly don`t get here in extreme SE Carms, and a moth that I`ve never seen.

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  2. Jacqueline Galliford1 May 2017 at 04:55

    Really! The photo doesn't do it justice for its size! It was a beauty. Very glad we've got one for the Carmathenshire record.

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  3. Jane H2 May 2017 at 00:46

    Lucky Rhandirmwyn, I get them regularly here. Three the night before last.

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