North Platte Community College hosted its annual Inter-High Scholastic Competition and TECH-Knowledge & Skills Discovery Day on Wednesday at the North and South Campuses of the college.

The theme for Inter-High Day this year is “Spotlight on Success.” Students from 28 area schools took nearly 900 tests in the Inter-High Scholastic competition. In the TECH-Knowledge and Skills competition, more than 120 students represented 21 high schools.

Awards were presented to the top three individual finishers in all categories. They also received a certificate for up to three credit hours of free tuition to be used at MPCC this summer. First place winners were awarded with $500 Mid-Plains Community College Area scholarships. The schools also competed in divisions.

Results of NPCC’s Inter-High Day are:

Accounting:

First - Megan Stokey, North Platte High School

Second - Megan Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Third - Carissa Rayburn, Brady

Art:

First - Alissa Rosentrater, Wallace

Second - Amber Nelson, Elwood

Third - Brooklyn Nordhausen, Wauneta-Palisade

Athletic Training:

First - Maegan Hiatt, Hershey

Second - Sage Schmidt, Medicine Valley

Third - Brittany Lawrence, St. Patrick’s

Biological Science:

First - Jordon Laubry, Eustis Farnam

Second - Jocy Nelson, Sutherland

Third - Calyn Werkmeister, Maywood

Business Communications:

First - Libby Jensen, Dundy County Stratton

Second - Abby Daffer, Southwest

Third - Sam Staggs, Sutherland

Chemistry:

First - Megan Kelley, Southwest

Second - Alec Fox, Paxton

Third - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Dramatic Arts:

First - Alex Roc, McCook

Second - David McCown, Maxwell

Third - Karni Doyle, Callaway

Fire Science/EMS:

First - Kris Kopetzky, South Platte

Second - Chris Werth, Eustis Farnam

Third - Tristan Johnson, Arnold

Grammar & Composition:

First - Grace Magill, Arnold

Second - Christi Christner, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Bailee Clark, St. Patrick’s

Health Occupations:

First - Sabine Vanhaaren, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Jamie Smith, St. Patrick’s

Third - Taylor Ellison, Callaway

History:

First - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Second - John Klintworth, Medicine Valley

Third - Joey Anderjaska, Hayes Center

Information Technology:

First - Jared Brosius, St. Patrick’s

Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Nathaniel Maxcy, Sutherland

Introduction to Business:

First - Cody Ballew, Elwood

Second - Dawson Brunswick, McCook

Third - Chance Kennicutt, Wallace

Literary Analysis:

First - Justin Hardwick, Paxton

Second - Rebekka Ralston, Sutherland

Third - Izzy Fox, Dundy County Stratton

Mathematics:

First - Megan Siebrandt, McCook

Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Isaac Langan, McCook

Music Performance (Instrumental)

First – Sohyeon Yi, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley

Third - Brandon Montgomery, Brady

Music Performance (Vocal):

First - Nathan Rick, Hitchcock County

Second - Rachel Gordine, McCook

Third - Alisha Heelan, Garden County

Music Theory:

First – Josie Burke, Sutherland

Second – Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley

Third – Mason Harouff, Hayes Center

NPCC Facts:

First - Cheyanne Loeffler, Paxton

Second - Valerie Most, Brady

Third - Alexis Franzen, Brady

Personal Finance:

First - Cassandra Medina, Sutherland

Second - Marley Sandberg, Sutherland

Third - Ian Bridge, North Platte High School

Physics/Engineering (session one):

First - Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Kyle Halsted, North Platte High School

Third - Chet Krajewski, Garden County

Physics/Engineering (session two):

First - Lane Vasa, Arthur County

Second - David McCown, Maxwell

Third - Dakota Seng, Callaway

Word Processing:

First - Brooke Scott, Hitchcock County

Second - Tristan Johnson, Arnold

Third - Rebecca Lorens, Dundy County Stratton

Results by Division are:

Division 1 –

First – St. Patrick’s

Second – Sutherland

Third – McCook

Division 2 –

First – Cody-Kilgore

Second – Medicine Valley

Third – Hitchcock County

Division 3 –

First – Wauneta-Palisade

Second – Arnold

Third – Elwood

Results of NPCC’s TECH-Knowledge & Skills competition are:

Autobody:

First – Aaron Stegman, Garden County High School

Second – Joel Anderson, Garden County High School

Third – Jon Jackson, Franklin High School

Automotive/Diesel:

First – Philip Hammer, North Platte High School

Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School

Third – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School

Building Construction (teams):

First – Walker Wolff, Ivan Rosfeld, Austin Wobig and Wyatt Galloway of Cody-Kilgore High School

Second – Lucas French, Jayson Rezek, Nick Hahn and Calvin Carsten of Sutherland High School

Third – Brock Alexander, Caleb Kleewein, Justin Cosler and Clancey Barnum of Stapleton High School

Electrical:

First – Tyler Daniels, Franklin High School

Second – Walker Wolff, Cody-Kilgore High School

Third – Ivan Dobesh, North Platte High School

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:

First – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School

Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School

Third – Blaker Morrissey, Maxwell High School

Welding:

First – Dillon Schultz, North Platte High School

Second – Colton Thompson, North Platte High School

Third – Trevor Hanna, Stapleton High School

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North Platte Community College hosted its annual Inter-High Scholastic Competition and TECH-Knowledge & Skills Discovery Day on Wednesday at the North and South Campuses of the college.

The theme for Inter-High Day this year is “Spotlight on Success.” Students from 28 area schools took nearly 900 tests in the Inter-High Scholastic competition. In the TECH-Knowledge and Skills competition, more than 120 students represented 21 high schools.

Awards were presented to the top three individual finishers in all categories. They also received a certificate for up to three credit hours of free tuition to be used at MPCC this summer. First place winners were awarded with $500 Mid-Plains Community College Area scholarships. The schools also competed in divisions.

Results of NPCC’s Inter-High Day are:

Accounting:

First - Megan Stokey, North Platte High School

Second - Megan Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Third - Carissa Rayburn, Brady

Art:

First - Alissa Rosentrater, Wallace

Second - Amber Nelson, Elwood

Third - Brooklyn Nordhausen, Wauneta-Palisade

Athletic Training:

First - Maegan Hiatt, Hershey

Second - Sage Schmidt, Medicine Valley

Third - Brittany Lawrence, St. Patrick’s

Biological Science:

First - Jordon Laubry, Eustis Farnam

Second - Jocy Nelson, Sutherland

Third - Calyn Werkmeister, Maywood

Business Communications:

First - Libby Jensen, Dundy County Stratton

Second - Abby Daffer, Southwest

Third - Sam Staggs, Sutherland

Chemistry:

First - Megan Kelley, Southwest

Second - Alec Fox, Paxton

Third - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Dramatic Arts:

First - Alex Roc, McCook

Second - David McCown, Maxwell

Third - Karni Doyle, Callaway

Fire Science/EMS:

First - Kris Kopetzky, South Platte

Second - Chris Werth, Eustis Farnam

Third - Tristan Johnson, Arnold

Grammar & Composition:

First - Grace Magill, Arnold

Second - Christi Christner, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Bailee Clark, St. Patrick’s

Health Occupations:

First - Sabine Vanhaaren, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Jamie Smith, St. Patrick’s

Third - Taylor Ellison, Callaway

History:

First - David Trierweiler, St. Patrick’s

Second - John Klintworth, Medicine Valley

Third - Joey Anderjaska, Hayes Center

Information Technology:

First - Jared Brosius, St. Patrick’s

Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Nathaniel Maxcy, Sutherland

Introduction to Business:

First - Cody Ballew, Elwood

Second - Dawson Brunswick, McCook

Third - Chance Kennicutt, Wallace

Literary Analysis:

First - Justin Hardwick, Paxton

Second - Rebekka Ralston, Sutherland

Third - Izzy Fox, Dundy County Stratton

Mathematics:

First - Megan Siebrandt, McCook

Second - Hayden Pollmann, Wauneta-Palisade

Third - Isaac Langan, McCook

Music Performance (Instrumental)

First – Sohyeon Yi, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley

Third - Brandon Montgomery, Brady

Music Performance (Vocal):

First - Nathan Rick, Hitchcock County

Second - Rachel Gordine, McCook

Third - Alisha Heelan, Garden County

Music Theory:

First – Josie Burke, Sutherland

Second – Matti Mickelsen, Medicine Valley

Third – Mason Harouff, Hayes Center

NPCC Facts:

First - Cheyanne Loeffler, Paxton

Second - Valerie Most, Brady

Third - Alexis Franzen, Brady

Personal Finance:

First - Cassandra Medina, Sutherland

Second - Marley Sandberg, Sutherland

Third - Ian Bridge, North Platte High School

Physics/Engineering (session one):

First - Cody Trump, Cody-Kilgore

Second - Kyle Halsted, North Platte High School

Third - Chet Krajewski, Garden County

Physics/Engineering (session two):

First - Lane Vasa, Arthur County

Second - David McCown, Maxwell

Third - Dakota Seng, Callaway

Word Processing:

First - Brooke Scott, Hitchcock County

Second - Tristan Johnson, Arnold

Third - Rebecca Lorens, Dundy County Stratton

Results by Division are:

Division 1 –

First – St. Patrick’s

Second – Sutherland

Third – McCook

Division 2 –

First – Cody-Kilgore

Second – Medicine Valley

Third – Hitchcock County

Division 3 –

First – Wauneta-Palisade

Second – Arnold

Third – Elwood

Results of NPCC’s TECH-Knowledge & Skills competition are:

Autobody:

First – Aaron Stegman, Garden County High School

Second – Joel Anderson, Garden County High School

Third – Jon Jackson, Franklin High School

Automotive/Diesel:

First – Philip Hammer, North Platte High School

Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School

Third – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School

Building Construction (teams):

First – Walker Wolff, Ivan Rosfeld, Austin Wobig and Wyatt Galloway of Cody-Kilgore High School

Second – Lucas French, Jayson Rezek, Nick Hahn and Calvin Carsten of Sutherland High School

Third – Brock Alexander, Caleb Kleewein, Justin Cosler and Clancey Barnum of Stapleton High School

Electrical:

First – Tyler Daniels, Franklin High School

Second – Walker Wolff, Cody-Kilgore High School

Third – Ivan Dobesh, North Platte High School

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:

First – Wesley Hoatson, North Platte High School

Second – Logan Mull, North Platte High School

Third – Blaker Morrissey, Maxwell High School

Welding:

First – Dillon Schultz, North Platte High School

Second – Colton Thompson, North Platte High School

Third – Trevor Hanna, Stapleton High School

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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation hosts annual Diplomatic Funfair, which took place on 8 December 2018 in Pretoria. (Photos: DIRCO)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on May 10, 2016, at the Westin Vendome Hotel in Paris, France, before a bilateral meeting after both attended a multilateral session focused on Syria hosted by the French government.[State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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Edmonton (CAN) - Competition Day 2 - The city of Edmonton, located in Canada, is currently hosting the 19th World Military Volleyball Women Championship and the 36th World Military Volleyball Men Championship. 279 participants (95 male, 84 female and 100 team staff members and observers) from 9 CISM Member Nations are taking part in this event.

More information on: www.cafconnection.ca/National/Programs-Services/For-Milit...

Pictures: Mr. Maxime Morlet, CISM Media and Communication Assistant & Photographer

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report team with host Cathy Kelley were on hand at Disney’s "Descendants" Premiere Purple Carpet at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank CA.

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Disney's Descendants takes place in a present-day idyllic kingdom, where the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney's iconic Beauty and the Beast) is poised to take the throne. His first proclamation: offer a chance at redemption to the trouble-making spawn of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar who have been imprisoned on a forbidden island with all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters. These villainous descendants (Carlos, Mal, Evvie and Jay, respectively) are allowed into the kingdom to attend prep school alongside the offspring of iconic Disney heroes including Fairy Godmother, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Mulan. However, the evil teens face a dilemma. Should they follow in their nefarious parents' footsteps and help all the villains regain power, or embrace their innate goodness and save the kingdom? For more info visit DisneyChannel.com.

Descendants stars Mitchell Hope, Sarah Jeffery, Jedidiah Goodacre, Dianne Doan, Brenna D'Amico, Dove Cameron, Booboo Stewart, Cameron Boyce and Sofia Carson

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Cuba Now: New photographic works by Meeno Peluce

Hosted by Traci Lords

October 9th– October 31st , 2008 Opening Reception: Saturday October 18th, 2008 from 7 to 11pm

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Venue: Phantom Galleries Los Angeles @ PE Lofts

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Edgar Varela Fine Arts is proud to present artists, Meeno Peluce in "Cuba Now" which will have over 20 large scale photographs of modern Cubana life as documented by the unique eye of Peluce

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Big breasts, decaying American metal 8's, chickens in pots, the stolen electricity of street carnivals, a reverence for the daily news and health care and education and the human beauty that's "turned out on conveyor belts" as Graham Green said. All of it as seen in Meeno's squares. As if they'd all been pushed like rice into latex gloves, or ghosts into empty department stores or the plush velveteen of color into a favorite easy chair, which is, mind you, is an amazing emblem of personal possession, and played out in baseball games with a taught bag of knots for a ball, and everywhere color and the decay of color into other colors, into the warm natural reclamation by nature, as if you front lawned your horse, or blued your slacks and Tata, as if you were house bound an slow and still beloved by your President C. and your deity Ch.... All of this as seen by Meeno. Cuba.

Meeno is professional photographer living and working in Los Angeles. www.MeenoPhoto.com

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A fine Autumn day yesterday. This is Stav in Tungelsta.

Askew "Host" sketch painted by Host18 for The Exchange: thegraffitiexchange.blogspot.com/

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Film: Fuji FP-100C

Hosting the Manly Regatta in January 1986 . The 44' work boat alongside carried visitors from Manly Wharf .

Took tea with this lovely man & his family who live on the side of a major road in Ahmedabad.

The physician assitant studies program hosted a graduation ceremony for the class of 2021 on December 3, 2021, at the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts. Sacred Heart University photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek

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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Lee Allport, were invited to cover the television movie premiere of "Sofia The First: Once Upon a Princess" and the launch of the Sofia The First illustrated storybook on the lavender carpet at Walt Disney Studios Main Theatre.

Disney introduces a little girl princess named Sofia who (voiced by Ariel Winter) is an average girl whose life suddenly transforms when her mother, Queen Miranda (voiced by Sara Ramirez), marries the king and she becomes a princess. Sofia soon discovers that looking like a princess isn't all that difficult, but displaying honesty, loyalty, courage, independence, compassion and grace is what makes one truly royal. Helping Sofia in her journey are the three headmistresses of Royal Prep Academy - Fauna, Flora and Merryweather (the beloved fairies seen in Disney's classic "Sleeping Beauty") and royal steward, Baileywick (voiced by Tim Gunn), as well as a group of cute woodland creatures led by wise-talking rabbit, Clover (voiced by Wayne Brady). The enchanting animated Disney Junior television movie for the whole family will air November 18 on Disney Channel and November 22 on Disney Junior.

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...eventually they were friendly hosts. But not at first; the story:

When I went for the hike up the Shui Jing Po hill I came to a very secluded depression where a path to the foot of the hill ran via a farm. When the lady on the right saw me approaching her she was really terrified in seeing this white stranger. She picked up a bamboo stick to defend herself and backed away. I was rather shocked by her reaction; people have never been afraid of me before or had seen me as a menace. I tried to explain I was just passing through and pointed to the top of the hill to indicate that I wanted to climb it. Very reluctantly she showed me where the path continued on. She backed away again when I extended my hand in trying to break the ice.

Later, when I got back from the hill I saw her again at the farm. But now she had changed; she indicated that I should come in for tea. When I noticed that she wasn't terrified anymore I did come in and sat down. First she brought me a bowl of water and a rag to clean my legs that had bloody scratches from the thorn bushes on the slope of the hill, and then she gave me some small peaches. Later there was tea. We spent a pleasant 15 minutes or so. The pictures I showed her made her laugh. Grandma on the left was having a good time too. I may have been one of the first Westerners they have encountered.

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Ambassador Daniel Shapiro hosted Professor Robert Mnookin, Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project, for a Distinguished American Speaker program at his residence on December 9. Prof. Mnookin spoke about his new book, Bargaining With the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight, engaging an audience of 100, which included many Israeli officials who were involved in Israel’s peace negotiations with her neighbors, as well as professors and students of law, conflict resolution, and negotiation, and Wexner Israel program alumni. Following this program, Professor Mnookin conducted a special workshop for a group of Arab and Jewish high school students from Amal Taibe and Amal Lady Davis in Tel Aviv. The workshop was a rare and exciting opportunity for Israeli high school students to meet a world renowned Professor from one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Even though this was a new level of audience for Professor Mnookin, he enjoyed interacting with the young students while demonstrating various negotiation techniques and applicable methods for teaching mutually satisfying agreements in all facets of life. The workshop also gave the group an opportunity to meet with a distinguished academic and practice new and creative communication skills in English. This ‘exceptional’ workshop was adjunct to a larger program supported by a small PD grant which brought together 180 Arab and Jewish students from 6 high schools to learn negotiation skills.

Ambassador Daniel Shapiro hosted Professor Robert Mnookin, Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project, for a Distinguished American Speaker program at his residence on December 9. Prof. Mnookin spoke about his new book, Bargaining With the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight, engaging an audience of 100, which included many Israeli officials who were involved in Israel’s peace negotiations with her neighbors, as well as professors and students of law, conflict resolution, and negotiation, and Wexner Israel program alumni. Following this program, Professor Mnookin conducted a special workshop for a group of Arab and Jewish high school students from Amal Taibe and Amal Lady Davis in Tel Aviv. The workshop was a rare and exciting opportunity for Israeli high school students to meet a world renowned Professor from one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Even though this was a new level of audience for Professor Mnookin, he enjoyed interacting with the young students while demonstrating various negotiation techniques and applicable methods for teaching mutually satisfying agreements in all facets of life. The workshop also gave the group an opportunity to meet with a distinguished academic and practice new and creative communication skills in English. This ‘exceptional’ workshop was adjunct to a larger program supported by a small PD grant which brought together 180 Arab and Jewish students from 6 high schools to learn negotiation skills.

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snapped a few pics with phone camera when back home at dad's, pile of some of my old Target Books Doctor Who novelisations still on the shelves in my old room. Back in the days before home video and cable on demand services these novelisations were the only way fans had to take in older stories, hugely popular back in the day. I still have a couple signed by Tom Baker at at Doctor Who signing when I was a kid. Decades on from that I hosted him for an author event when he was promoting his autobiography - talk about coming full circle...

All sorts of stuff living on these trees

Isla de la Plata (Observación de aves marinas y snorkeling)

La Isla de la Plata es considerada uno de los lugares más importantes del Parque Nacional Machalilla. Principalmente es un sitio de anidación de aves marinas tales como piqueros de patas azules, enmascarados y de patas rojas, fragatas, pájaros tropicales, albatros y leones marinos, además de ser lugar ideal para la reproducción de aves migratorias: posee una extensión de 1200 hectáreas.

Otros de los atractivos de este lugar es la práctica del Snorkeling o buceo de superficie, actividad que se facilita debido a que el perfil costero de esta Isla está rodeado por arrecifes coralinos, desde los meses de Junio a Septiembre otra de las atracciones la constituyen las presencia de ballenas jorobadas de la antártica, este sitio es un lugar ideal para el apareamiento y el nacimiento de las crías.

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Right around here a train passed, I was scared shirtless. It was loud, nothing to hide behind, and not sure if they are allowed to shoot people on the track.

France Trip - Las Descargues - 27/06/16 to 01/07/16 - Part One - Macro's

Hello all.

I recently got back from a really enjoyable 5 nights of Moth trapping, Butterfly and Bird watching in the Midi-Pyrenees.

I went with good friends Roger and Steve whom accompany me on many trips out in our County or Hertfordshire.

It was decided at the end of last year that we should go for a short week away to sample some of the Moths that would be on offer in South-Wast France.

The article below is copied from Robin Howard's Lot Moths website. He describes it perfectly so didn't feel the need to re-write it!

"The Gite that we stayed in lies in a stunningly beautiful part of the Haute Quercy in the Lot southwest France. Located at the end of a ridge overlooking the Bave Valley it is surrounded by rolling, wooded hills, deep, river-cut gorges and on the nearby Causse, limestone pavement. The proximity of the limestone Causse de Gramat and volcanic Massif Central have produced a complex local geology that has formed the basis for a mosaic of habitats supporting a diverse flora with a rich moth and butterfly fauna. Over 1820 species have been recorded so far from the immediate area with more than 1600 species taken from the environs of the farm alone.

Mercury vapour and actinic traps are run throughout the year in and around the farm with weekly forays made onto the limestone pavement and local poplar plantations, whilst the nearby volcanic peaks are regularly visited during the summer months for the more esoteric species.

For further information regarding holidays and research opportunities at our farm and for a full description of the area and available accommodation please visit our sister site at www.lasdescargues.com or email us for a comprehensive information pack".

Robin and Sue are both fantastic hosts and could not do enough for you, I urge anyone to go there and experience the amazing wildlife that is on offer there.

The species site list is in excess of an incredible 2000 species of Moth! In 16 years that is incredible, and shows how special this habitat really is.

Our target was 300 species and with over 200 Macro's we may just get to the 300 mark with the Micro's still to sort.

We ran 2 static traps in the garden (Both MV 125s) and I brought my 160w MBT Blended bulb on a tripod.

We then had access to a further two traps, an MV Robinson and an Actinic Midi-Robinson which we could take further afield, in fact we tried three further sites.

Macro Moths listed so far...

Species in red are completely new to me

The Micro's are still pending and a lot are so far unnamed!

212 Species

Adactylotis contaminaria

Alchymist

Alder Kitten

Alder Moth

Alychmist

Anaplectoides prasina

Angle Shades

Angle-striped Sallow

Atypha pulmonaris

Balsam Carpet

Barred Hook-tip

Barred Red

Barred Yellow (only at Causse)

Beautiful Golden-Y

Beautiful Hook-tip

Bird's Wing

Black Arches

Black V-moth

Blood-vein

Bordered Beauty

Bright-line Brown-eye

Brimstone Moth

Brindled White-spot

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Broken-barred Carpet

Brown Rustic

Brown Silver-lines

Brussels Lace

Buff Arches

Buff Ermine

Buff Footman

Buff-tip

Burnished Brass

Caradrina aspersa

Chequered Wave

Clay Fan-foot

Clouded Border

Clouded Magpie

Clouded Silver

Common Carpet

Common Emerald

Common Footman

Common Wainscot

Common White Wave

Coronet

Cream Wave

Cream-spot Tiger

Dagger sp

Dark Arches

Dark Umber

Delicate

Dingy Footman

Double Square-spot

Double-striped Pug

Dun-bar

Dwarf Cream Wave

Eastern Bordered Straw

Elephant Hawk-moth

Engrailed sp

Fan-foot

Feathered Footman

Festoon

Fiery Clearwing

Flame

Flame Shoulder

Four-dotted Footman (only at Causse)

Four-spotted Footman

Fox Moth

Foxglove Pug

Gnophos furcatus

Goat Moth

Grass Emerald

Great Oak Beauty

Green Arches

Green Pug

Green Silver-lines

Grey Arches

Grey Pug

Grey-pine Carpet

Guernsey Underwing

Handmaid

Heart & Club

Heart & Dart

Heart Moth

Herald

Hoary Footman

Hoplodrina respersa

Horse Chestnut

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Idaea deversaria

Idaea macilentaria

Idaea moniliata

Idia calvaria

Iron Prominent

Isle of Wight Wave

Ivory Footman

Jubilee Fan-foot

Lace Border

Lackey

Lamprosticta culta

Large Emerald

Large Yellow Underwing

Latin

Latticed Heath

Least Carpet

Least Carpet

Leopard Moth

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Lesser Cream Wave

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Lesser Treble-bar

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Lewes Wave

Light Emerald

Lilac Beauty

Lobster Moth

Lycophotia erythrina

Marbled Brown

Marbled Minor

Marbled White-spot

Mediterranean lace border

Miller

Minor Shoulder-knot

Mottled Rustic

Nut-tree Tussock

Oak Hawk-moth

Oak Hook-tip

Orache Moth

Orange Footman

Orange Moth

Pale Mottled Willow

Pale Oak Beauty

Pale Oak Beauty

Pale Shoulder

Passenger

Peach Blossom

Pebble Prominent

Pebble Prominent

Peppered Moth

Perigune narbonea

Perizoma lugdunaria

Petrophora narbonea

Phalera bucephaloides

Pine Hawk-moth

Pine Processionary

Pine-tree Lappet

Plain Wave

Plum Lappet

Poplar Lappet

Portland Riband Wave

Powdered Rustic

Privet Hawk-moth

Purple Bar

Red-necked Footman

Rhodostrophia calabra

Riband Wave

Rosy Footman

Rosy Marbled

Ruby Tiger

Rufous Minor

Rustic

Scallop Shell

Scarce Blackneck

Scarce Footman

Scarce Merveille du-jour

Scarce Silver-lines

Scarlet Tiger

Scorched Carpet

Scorched Wing

September Thorn

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Shaded Annulet

Shaded Fan-foot

Shark

Shears

Short-cloaked Moth (only at Causse)

Silver-Y

Single-dotted Wave

Single-dotted Wave

Small Angle Shades

Small Blood-vein

Small Dusty Wave

Small Emerald

Small Fan-foot

Small Fan-footed Wave

Small Purple-barred

Small Ranunculus

Small White Wave

Snout

Southern Wainscot

Speckled Beauty

Speckled Yellow

Spectacle

Straw Belle

Swallow-tailed Moth

Swarthy Annulet

Tawny Prominent

Tawny Wave

Tawny-barred Angle

Tephronia sepiaria

Toadflax Brocade

Treble Brown Spot

Turnip Moth

Uncertain

Vine's Rustic

V-moth

V-Pug

White Ermine

White-point

Willow Beauty

Yellow Shell

Yellow-tail

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