[2166] The Campion (Hadena rivularis)

Hemel Hempstead Field Trip - 11/06/13

David Kirk, Roger Prue and myself made a trip to two of the Boxmoor sites in Hemel Hempstead. The evening looked absolutely perfect for moths with cloud cover expected throughout the night and a minimum of 13 degrees, though when I arrived at the first site at Gadesprings the cloud had promptly vanished. We set two traps up at Gadesprings and left them to their own devices, then we made our way to Bovingdon Brickworks where we would setup 2 more traps running from a generator. As we started to setup, more cloud had developed and the wind had dropped so we were confident of getting a few moths.

The moths were as always few and far between at the light first, but then as the night went on, at about 10.30pm we were seeing much more variety in singles, with just a few moths having an influx, notably Green Carpet, Silver-ground Carpet and the micro Monopis weaverella.

We packed up at about 1.30am at Bovingdon, and it took awhile to count everything....species were still flying in and god only knows how many we would have recorded had we stayed until first light.

Of the two sites, Bovingdon did the best, but what we didn't expect was to find a further 24 species at Gadesprings that did not feature in the Bovingdon catch.

Strangely and in keeping with this odd year, one of the commonest moths was Nut-tree Tussock, in which we recorded 4 to the 80w Actinic and 1 to the 125w MV. This is a very late record, considering a few of them were fresh.

We did not get Poplar Hawk-moth, which was pretty much expected from Gadesprings.

Notables of the night were moths new to myself, Mompha raschkiella, Strophedra weirana and Elachista atricomella, May Highflyer was also a seldom seen moth.

 

All in all we had an incredibly enjoyable night and would like more of these please Mr weather!

 

Of all the moths identified, there is only one we are struggling with, which will have to be omitted as it is too worn and dead apparently!

 

The jet black Prays fraxinella/ruficeps will have to be checked by Colin Plant, I did confidently predict one of these, judging by the amount of Ash in the vicinity.

 

 

84 species total

 

60 species at Bovindon

 

52 species at Gadesprings

 

an extra 25 species at Gadesprings

 

[] = Only at Gadesprings

 

 

11/06/13

Bovingdon Brickworks - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.45pm until 1.30am

 

 

Macro Moths

 

1x Red Twin-spot Carpet

1x Spruce Carpet

1x Brown Rustic

1x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1x White Ermine

2x Common Wave

1x Nutmeg

1x Peach Blossom

3x Heart & Dart

1x V-pug

2x Peppered Moth

1x Brown Silver-line

2x Purple Bar

1x Mottled Rustic

5x Scalloped Hazel

1x Elephant Hawk-moth

1x Clouded-bordered Brindle

5x Orange Footman

5x Small Phoenix

2x White Pinion-spotted

4x Treble Lines

2x Pale Tussock

3x Clouded Silver

2x Grey Pine Carpet

5x Nut-tree Tussock

4x Flame Shoulder

6x Grey Pug

4x Mottled Pug

1x Oak Hook-tip

1x Straw Dot

2x Common Marbled Carpet

1x Least Black Arches

1x Pale Prominent

3x Common White Wave

1x Angle Shades

5x Brimstone Moth

10x Silver-ground Carpet

15x Green Carpet

3x Common Swift

2x Common Carpet

 

Micro Moths

 

1x Parornix sp

1x Strophedra weirana [NEW!]

1x Prays fraxinella/ruficeps

1x Caloptilia sp

3x Mompha raschkiella [NEW!]

1x Epiblema cynosbatella

2x Cochylis atricapitana

2x Syndemis musculana

2x Celypha lacunana

2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

1x Nematopogon swammerdamella

2x Agonopterix arenella

1x Argyresthia trifasciata

3x Metzneria metzneriella

1x Scoparia ambigualis

2x Crambus lathoniellus

8x Monopis weaverella

1x Agapeta hamana

1x Nemapogon cloacella

1x Cochylimorpha straminea

 

 

 

11/06/13

Gadesprings, Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w MBT Trap run from 9.30pm until 2.00am

 

 

Macro Moths

 

2x Silver-ground Carpet

1x Common Carpet

1x Common Wainscot []

1x Angle Shades

2x Heart & Dart

1x May Highflyer []

1x Silver Y []

3x Buff-tip []

1x Campion []

1x Nutmeg

2x Brimstone Moth

5x Green Carpet

2x White Ermine

2x Common Rustic []

1x Peppered Moth

2x Cinnabar []

3x Iron Prominent []

1x Bright-line Brown-eye []

2x Flame Shoulder

2x Rustic Shoulder-knot

1x Small Square-spot []

1x Common Wave

3x Treble Lines

1x Clouded-bordered Brindle

1x Pale Prominent

1x Shuttle-shaped Dart []

1x Swallow Prominent []

1x Broken-barred Carpet []

2x Common Pug

1x Yellow-barred Brindle []

2x Scalloped Hazel

1x Pale Tussock

1x Clouded Silver

2x Grey Pug

1x Vine's Rustic []

2x Spectacle []

2x Common Swift

2x Marbled Minor

1x Garden Carpet []

1x Common White Wave

3x Brimstone Moth

1x Oak-tree Pug []

1x Small Clouded Brindle []

 

 

Micro Moths

 

1x Mompha epilobiella []

1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

1x Bactra lancealana []

1x Nematopogon swammerdamella

1x Celypha lacunana

2x Elachista maculicerusella []

1x Elachista argentella []

1x Elachista atricomella []

1x Bactra lancealana []

Done