Collado de Las Sabinas, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Spain.

Mothing in the Sierra Nevada.

Part One.

Ebird List for the Collado de Las Sabinas.

 

Dawn at 2100 meters.

Whilst the others headed up to somewhere above 3000m Dave and I headed up to a point around 2100m where we checked the two traps he had put out yesterday and they produced some crackers, see below.

Nevada Bush-cricket (Pycnogaster inermis).

Whist there I also picked up a few bird species including a calling Common Quail (Codorniz Común / Coturnix coturnix), Common Cuckoo (Cuco Común / Cuculus canorus), Woodlark (Totovia / Lullula arborea), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes), Northern Wheatear (Collalba Gris / Oenanthe oenanthe) and a year tick Tawny Pipit (Bisbita Camprstre / Anthus campestris). 

6570 Loxostege tessellalis.

6570 Loxostege tessellalis.

Moths included 5840 Pima leucoloma x Lots, 6570 Loxostege tessellalis x2, 9296 Recophora cantener x1, 9433 Paradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow) x2, 9754 Apamea arabs x1, 9954 Hadena tephroleuca x1, 9984 Hadena clara x1, 10097 Noctua orbona (Lunar Yellow Underwing) and 10150 Standfussiana dalmata x1 several of which were new for me. 

Working on the trap.

Dave with his head in the ID Book.

Also seen in the trap was a male Nevada Bush-cricket (Pycnogaster inermis).

10150 Standfussiana dalmata.

10097 Noctua orbona (Lunar Yellow Underwing).

9296 Recophora cantener.

9954 Hadena tephroleuca.

10097 Noctua orbona (Lunar Yellow Underwing).

9984 Hadena clara.

9433 Paradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow).

10097 Noctua orbona (Lunar Yellow Underwing).

9754 Apamea arabs.

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9433 Paradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow).

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5840 Pima leucoloma.