11 April 2010

Llanmadoc v Gorseinon

Sandra and myself were visting our good friends Paul & Veronica Shenston last night. Veronica's a keen moth'er too and when we asked what she'd caught recently we were amazed at the difference between the catch at their place and ours. On the night of the 9th-10th April, here's is a list of what turned up in each of our traps, note we both use exactly the same trap:
Llanmadoc v Gorseinon
Lepidoptera
  Agonopterix heracliana 2 : 0
  Acleris hastiana  1 : 0
  Twenty-plume Moth  1 : 0
  March Moth  2 : 0
  Shoulder Stripe  3 : 0
  Water Carpet  1 : 0
  Double-striped Pug  0 : 1
  Early Tooth-striped  2 : 0
  Brindled Beauty  30 : 1
  Oak Beauty  3 : 0
  Dotted Border  2 : 0
  Engrailed  2 : 0
  Red Chestnut  3 : 0
  Small Quaker  7 : 3
  Common Quaker  16 : 7
  Clouded Drab  31 : 6
  Twin-spotted Quaker  6 : 0
  Hebrew Character  26 : 9
  Tawny Pinion  1 : 0
  Pale Pinion 0 : 1
  Early Grey  7 : 9
Coleoptera
  Oedemera femoralis  2 : 0
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Total scores:
Llanmadoc 20 species, 148 individuals
Gorseinon 8 species, 37 individuals
Male and female Oedemera femoralis