Moths at Welney
We set a trap Sunday night and this is what we had caught to show visitors first this Monday morning:
Sliver Y (you can see these flying in the day along the reserve feeding on the flowers)
Poplar hawkmoth
Ruby tiger
Small bloodvein
Flame shoulder
Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing
Lesser yellow underwing
Dusky sallow
Common swift
Spectacle
Rosy rustic
Pale Prominent
Boardered pug
Smoky wainscott
Double lobed
We also caught two micro moths (these are very small moths, which generally have a wingspan of less than 20mm:
Common yellow
Crambus Lathoniellus
We have put a folder of moth images onto our facebook page this morning click here to visit our page.