I've now dissected it and it is a male C. salicorniae, only the second VC41 record of this species following one at Penylan, Cardiff in 1990. I didn't see any glassworts at the site but I'm sure there would have been some not too far away.
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Saturday 3 September 2016
Coleophora salicorniae
I had a poke about with a torch on the saltmarsh at the Ogmore rivermouth (east bank) on 18th August. I was mainly looking for strandline beetles but also netted this tawny-coloured Coleophora (dead moth shown in photo below).
I've now dissected it and it is a male C. salicorniae, only the second VC41 record of this species following one at Penylan, Cardiff in 1990. I didn't see any glassworts at the site but I'm sure there would have been some not too far away.
I've now dissected it and it is a male C. salicorniae, only the second VC41 record of this species following one at Penylan, Cardiff in 1990. I didn't see any glassworts at the site but I'm sure there would have been some not too far away.
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Nice find George. Do you mean the Merthyr mawr side of the river? If so, I saw plenty of Glassworts there a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteNo, t'other side, which is heavily grazed. It might well have flown over the river. We should try and do some saltmarsh trapping at MM next year.
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