My daughters partner Mark Carter caught this micro this morning in his actinic trap here . He identified it as Palpita vitrealis. Is it reported regularly in West Wales?
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So that's why the Palpita didn't make it to Brechfa - it was intercepted on its way in from the south! I've still never seen one in Wales... There were just 7 Carmarthenshire records up to the end of 2019, so it's a super catch!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed an excellent record. The first Carms record, incidentally, was made by Jon Baker at Llansteffan in c 2006 or so.
ReplyDeleteThe fern in the background is soft shield-fern (for those who wish to search for Pachyrhabda steropdes tubular cocoons on the underside).
Stephen Ruttle has also had one recently at Halfway
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