[0908] Sorhagenia sp

A BIG deep breath.

 

A record-breaking night in Bedfordshire

I joined Matt and Lionel at Home Wood on Monday night in Bedfordshire.

The day had been absolutely scorching and hit nearly 30 degrees during the day and the night was meant to go no lower than 19/20 degrees, perfect muggy weather for moths despite clear skies we had absolutely no wind at all and no moon to contend with.

We setup 5 traps and a light and sheet under sweaty conditions, it was hot stuff indeed and once again I attracted Horse-flies!

As soon as it got dark, moths were absolutely everywhere with micros at first in their hundreds and then the Geometers started coming in and finally the Noctuids and boy was there action around the lights.

I've been out before and had trouble with lots of midges and flies but never have I had as much trouble from inhaling moths as well.

The species kept tallying up and it was hard to keep up.

We got to 100 species about 2 hours in and then from midnight it was about 1 or 2 a minute being jotted down.

Highlights were massively over-whelming with two County first species to start with....Rosy Marbled and Elegia similella.

 

Copied from Andy Banthorpe's email.

 

Gen Dets of species retained so far.

 

Carpatolechia fugitivella m & f – been recorded there before

Carpatolechia notatella f – 3rd county record

Neofaculta ericetella m confirmed

Dioryctria abietella f

Satyr Pug f 18th county record, only third since 1996

Teleiodes vulgella f (worn dark grey)

Caloptilia alchimiella m

Nemapogon cloacella m

Nemapogon ruricolella m – 4th county record

Coleophore kuehnella m (the white one)

 

Other Macro highlights were Cream-bordered Green Pea, 10+ Scarlet Tiger's, 5x Marbled Brown and Mere Wainscot.

 

In total for the time being we recorded 140 species of Macro and 148 species of micro, eclipsing my highest ever previous species of 252 with a grand total of 288 species!!

 

We finally finished packing up (which took over 2 hours) at 4am as it was getting light.

 

Thanks guys for the help you gave me and adding to the list as we went through the night.

 

Catch Report - 19/06/17 - Home Wood - SE Bedfordshire - 7 traps in total - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 40w Actinic + 15w LED Trap 1x 80w Actinic Trap

 

140 Macros & 148 Micros

 

288 species

 

Macro Moths

 

Barred Red

Barred Straw

Barred yellow

Beautiful Golden-Y

Beautiful Hook-tip

Blackneck

Blood-vein

Blotched Emerald

Blue-bordered Carpet

Bordered white

Bright-line Brown-eye

Brimstone

Brindled White-spot

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Brown Rustic

Brown Scallop

Brown Silver-line

Brown-line Bright-eye

Buff Arches

Buff Ermine

Buff Footman

Buff Tip

Burnished Brass

Clouded Border

Clouded Brindle

Clouded Silver

Clouded-bordered Brindle

Common Emerald

Common Footman

Common Marbled Carpet

Common Pug

Common Swift

Common Wainscot

Common wave

Common White Wave

Coronet

Coxcomb Prominent

Cream-bordered Green Pea

Dark Arches

Dingy Shears

Dingy Shell

Dotted Fan-foot

Double Square-spot

Double-striped Pug

Drinker

Dun-bar

Elephant Hawk-moth

Engrailed

Fan-foot

Fern

Figure of eEghty

Flame

Flame Carpet

Flame Shoulder

Foxglove Pug

Garden Carpet

Ghost Moth

Gold Swift

Green Carpet

Green Pug

Green silver-lines

Grey Pine Carpet

Grey Pug

Haworths Pug

Heart & Club

Heart & Dart

July Highflyer

Large Emerald

Large Nutmeg

Large Twin-spot Carpet

Large Yellow Underwing

Leopard Moth

Light Arches

Light Emerald

Lime Hawk-moth

Lunar-spotted Pinion

Maiden's Blush

Maple Prominent

Map-winged Swift

Marbled Brown [NEW!]

Marbled Minor

Marbled White-spot

May Highflyer

Mere Wainscot

Middle-barred minor

Miller

Minor Shoulder-knot

Mottled Beauty

Mottled Pug

Mottled Rustic

Oak Nycteoline

Obscure Wainscot

Orange Footman

Pale Oak Beauty

Pale Prominent

Pale Tussock

Peach Blossom

Peppered Moth

Pinion-streaked Snout

Poplar Grey

Pretty Chalk Carpet

Privet Hawk-moth

Red-necked footman

Riband Wave

Rosy Marbled

Ruddy Carpet

Satin Beauty

Satyr Pug

Scalloped oak

Scarce Footman

Scarlet Tiger

Scorched Carpet

Scorched Wing

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Shaded pug

Short-cloaked Moth

Silver-ground Carpet

Small Dotted Buff

Small Dusty Wave

Small Emerald

Small Fan-foot

Small Fan-footed Wave

Small Rufous

Small Yellow Wave

Smoky Wainscot

Snout

Spruce Carpet

Straw Dot

Swallow-tailed Moth

Tawny Marbled Minor

Tawny-barred Angle

Treble Brown Spot

Treble Lines

Turnip Moth

Uncertain

Vapourer

V-Pug

Willow Beauty

Yellow Shell

Yellow-tail

 

Micro Moths

 

Acentria ephemerella

Acleris hastiana

Acleris holmiana

Acleris kochiella

Acompsia cinerella

Acrobasis repandana

Agapeta hamana

Agapeta zoegana

Aleimma loeflingiana

Anania coronata

Anania hortulata

Anania lancealis

Anarsia innoxiella

Ancylis achatana

Anthophila fabriciana

Aphomia sociella

Archips crataegana

Archips podana

Archips rosana

Archips xylosteana

Argyresthia albistria

Argyresthia bonnetella

Argyresthia curvella

Argyresthia glaucinella [NEW!]

Argyresthia spinosella

Batia lunaris

Blastobasis lacticolella

Blastodacna hellerella

Bucculatrix cidarella [NEW!]

Caloptilia alchimiella

Caloptilia stigmatella

Caloptilia syringella

Carcina quercana

Carpatolechia fugitivella

Carpatolechia notatella [NEW!]

Cedestis gysseleniella

Celypha lacunana

Celypha striana

Chilo phragmitella

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Clepsis consimilana

Cnephasia sp

Cochylis atricapitana

Cochylis hybridella

Coleophora albidella [NEW!]

Coleophora deauratella

Coleophora kuehnella [NEW!]

Coptotriche marginea

Cosmopterix zieglerella [NEW!]

Crambus lathoniellus

Crambus pascuella

Crambus perlella

Crassa unitella

Dioryctia abietella

Ditula angustiorana

Donacaula forficella

Elachista bisulcella ? [NEW!]

Elegia similella

Elophila nymphaeata

Endothenia gentianaeana/marginea

Endothenia nigricostana

Endotricha flammealis

Epagoge grotiana

Epermenia chaerophyllella

Ephestia sp

Epiblema foenella

Epinotia abbreviana

Epinotia signatana

Epinotia subocellana

Epinotia tedella

Ethmia dodecea

Eucosma cana

Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia pallida

Eupoecilia angustana

Euzophera pinguis

Exoteleia dodecella

Gelechia sororculella [NEW!]

Glyphipterix simpliciella

Gypsonoma dealbana

Gypsonoma sociana

Hedya nubiferana

Hedya pruniana

Hedya salicella

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Homoeosoma sinuella

Hypsopygia costalis

Incurvaria oehlmanniella

Lathronympha strigana

Lozotaeniodes formosana

Metzneria metzneriella

Mompha ochraceella

Mompha propinquella

Morophaga choragella

Myelois circumvoluta

Nemapogon cloacella

Nemapogon ruricolella [NEW!]

Nemophora degeerella

Neofaculta ericetella

Nephopterix angustella

Notocelia trimaculana

Notocelia uddmanniana

Oegoconia sp

Olindia schumacherana

Pammene fasciana

Pammene regiana

Pandemis cerasana

Pandemis heparana

Parachronistis albiceps

Parapoynx stratiotata

Paraswammerdamia albicapitella

Paraswammerdamia nebulella

Parornix sp

Phtheochroa rugosana

Phycita roborella

Phycitodes binaevella

Piniphila bifasciana

Pleuroptya ruralis

Prays fraxinella

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Ptycholoma lecheana

Rhopobota naevana

Rhyacionia buoliana

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Scoparia ambigualis

Scoparia basistrigalis

Scoparia pyralella

Scrobipalpa costella

Scythropia crataegella

Sorhagenia sp ?

Spatalistis bifasciana

Spilonota ocellana

Syncopacma sp

Teleiodes luculella

Teleiodes vulgella

Tinea semifulvella

Tinea trinotella

Tischeria ekebladella

Tortrix viridana

Triaxomera parasitella

Udea olivalis

Udea prunalis

Yponomeuta evonymella

Ypsolopha parenthesella

Ypsolopha sequella

Ypsolopha ustella

Zeiraphera isertana

Done