Last evening was thought to have been the thirteenth BBQ during this lovely period of fine weather. Along with this distended
COURGETTE (almost a Marrow)
stuffed
with grilled bacon, rice, onion, capsicum and a sprinkling of cheese,
we also enjoyed venison sausage, pork ribs, shish kebabs and garden
vegetables along with a decent red Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages. The
predicted and expected overnight rain and thunder didn't materialise,
but as a precaution the Moth Trap had been re-sited under the bedroom
veranda.
Preparing it for examination, this
GREY HERON,
very common hereabouts, unusually flew in and perched in a tree-top.
While numbers of Insects in the trap were much reduced, this was
replaced by quality in the shape of
THREE CRACKERS
(putative, but almost certain) EAR MOTH*
BIRD'S WING* (right) with DARK ARCHES
BIRD'S WING*
likely qualifies as the 'rarest' Moth we have caught to date.
'Clancy'
describes the distribution as "virtually absent from Southern and
Western Wales, South West England (where we are) and North and South
Yorkshire".
CLOAKED MINOR*
This also remains unconfirmed but if the ID is correct then it is 'abberant' (deviating
from what is normal; untrue to type), which shouldn't have the whole
base of the wings dark like this. This remains in the hands of Paul
Harris for further investigation.
KNOT GRASS*
PEBBLE HOOK-TIP
COMMON CARPET
CLOUDED BORDER
BUFF ERMINE
BURNISHED BRASS
Another 'Micro' I can put a 'handle' to
BIRD-CHERRY ERMINE
other creatures in the trap included
LACEWING Sp
and this CADDISFLY, with particularly long antennae,
which we catch with some regularity.
It is thought to be of the genus Mystacides?
Another particularly welcome House Guest
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
which, as with all other Insects, was quickly released unharmed to the wild.
