Southern Marsh Orchids

Southern Marsh Orchids

Saturday 22 July 2017

Alun Valley ... take 2

Also at the Moth Night in the Alun Valley on Thursday night, the light traps attracted a couple of miridae and a nice looking Tipula lateralis. The cranefly hung around on Paul's MV for most of the night - probably looking for shelter from the rain.


The two miridae have been confirmed on the UK Diptera Facebook pages as Stenodema calcarata


and Adelphocoris quadripunctatus. The latter was first recorded in Britain last year by Chris Lawrence (in Llantrisant) and has subsequently been found at other sites across South Wales. The Alun valley can now be added to the list of sites.



2 comments:

  1. Glad you got an ID on the cranefly...I saw a few of those on the night.

    Interesting about the Adelphocoris.

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  2. There were also a couple of non-moths at my traps - the beetles Serica brunnea (Brown Chafer) and Nicrophorus vespilloides (a sexton beetle).

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