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Before I go totally macro this was my favourite shot from a great session with a local Barn Owl a few weeks ago.
After waiting a couple of hours and the Owl generally at the other end of a large field, I suddenly had the bird quite close as it hunted voles.
Moments after this shot was taken the bird dropped down and caught a Vole and then seconds later swallowed the small animal.
I'm totally macro-challenged...but I'm working on it. Practice makes perfect, right? ISO was too high, methinks. To much noise.
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
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Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
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Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 18/06/16
On Saturday night the Herts Moth Group made a trip to the far North of the County to Ashwell Quarry.
Having been granted permission from the local land-owner, HMWT and a local neighbour who kindly got us access to the site via a locked gate, we went about setting up 8 lights spread around the Chalk grassland, Quarry and scrub.
Ashwell Quarry is an important site for wildlife and is to be found just outside of the village of Ashwell with it's rich wildflower meadows and chalk grassland. Unfortunately the site in certain parts was swathed in long grass, great for Crambus species but not ideal for the low-growing chalk plants for which the specialist moth caterpillars feed upon.
The weather through the course of the day had been grey, overcast but with little wind and as there was no sun the temperature had struggled to reach 16 degrees.
Upon a arrival at 8pm we were greeted with clearing skies and a bright near-full moon or the 'enemy' as Colin put it.
Thankfully by 10pm as it was just getting dark, cloud began to roll towards us from the North-east and granted us the cloud cover that we so desperately needed if we were to actually catch some moths on the night.
With 8 traps set-up it may have seemed a bit over-kill but I find that the more effort you put in, the more you get out and this was the case tonight where the suitcase Actinic trap attracted both Marbled Coronet and Phtheochroa sodaliana, completely new moths for me and well worth the brave effort of running cables along the chalk cliff face.
The third most interesting moth was a single specimen of the unusual looking Luquetia lobella, a moth that seems to be quite scarce in he County, another new moth for me.
Netted Pug was also a hit with everyone, two stunning examples trapped on the night.
We also got two wetland wanderer's possibly blown in on the breeze which picked up at around midnight, they were Southern Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
All in all a pleasing 108 species were recorded with a few outstanding micro moths to check.
List in Alphabetical order.
Numbers below are approximate.
Catch Report - 18/06/16 - Ashwell Quarry - 6x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 26w & 40w Actinic Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap
103 Species in total
Macro Moths - 72 Species
Angle Shades 1
Barred Straw 2
Beautiful Hook-tip 5
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broken-barred Carpet 1
Brown Rustic 4
Buff Ermine 1
Burnished Brass 3
Clouded Border 1
Clouded Brindle 2
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common Carpet 4
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Common Pug 1
Clouded Silver 6
Common Swift 20+
Common Wainscot 5
Dark Arches 1
Dotted Fan-foot 1
Flame 4
Flame Shoulder 1
Freyer's Pug 2
Ghost Moth 1
Green Carpet 15+
Green Pug 5
Grey Pug 3
Heart & Club 2
Heart & Dart 30+
Ingrailed Clay 1
Large Nutmeg 20+
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Arches 2
Light Brocade 2
Light Emerald 4
Marbled Coronet 1[NEW!]
Marbled Minor 2
Middle-barred Minor 3
Mottled Beauty 5
Mottled Pug 2
Mottled Rustic 3
Netted Pug 2
Pale Oak Beauty 4
Peppered Moth 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
Purple Bar 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 40+
Shaded Broad-bar 1
Shaded Pug 20+
Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Silver-ground Carpet 3
Silver-Y 2
Small Clouded Brindle 2
Small Dotted Buff 1
Small Fan-foot 1
Small Waved Umber 1
Snout 5
Southern Wainscot
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 10
Tawny Marbled Minor 3 - Gen Det
Treble Brown Spot 1
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 1
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White Ermine 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Micro Moths - 36 Species
Agapeta hamana 5
Agapeta zoegana 4
Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Argyresthia spinosella 1
Blastobasis lacticolella 1
Celypha lacunana 3
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
Clepsis consimilana 1
Cnephasia asseclana 1 - Gen Det
Cochylimorpha straminea 2
Cochylis hybridella 3
Cochylis molliculana
Crambus lathoniellus 10+
Crambus pascuella 1
Ditula angustiorana 1
Ephestia parasitella 1 - Gen Det
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Eucosma cana 5
Eucosma obumbratana 1
Hedya nubiferana 1
Hedya pruniana 8
Homoeosoma sinuella 2
Luquetia lobella 1 [NEW!]
Metzneria metzneriella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 4
Notocelia uddmanniana 2
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NEW!]
Plutella xylostella 15+
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3
Scoparia ambigualis 10+
Scoparia pyralella 2
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1
Field Trip - Home Wood - 23/07/19
I joined Matt, Lionel and Louie to Home Wood back on the 23rd of July.
It's been a hectic few weeks keeping up with the garden totals, let alone two more trips out since this one.
The day had been warm and muggy, and with the threat of rain we still went ahead.
All setup and sweating like a pig, we waited....not long, it was manic pretty much instantly and the traps were covered in micros of varying species.
At about 1:45pm I got a txt from my wife saying that it was incredibly stormy and wet.. we could hear it in the distance, it was coming straight for us and the wind started to pick up.
Luckily we were already in the process of packing up, and had 2 traps left and we frantically checked what we could, but we were running out of time.
The car was full of moths the next morning and I added a further 6 species from the roof lining of the car!
I probably missed loads as we were rushing to pack away!
As always, there are several micro-moths pending including a few possible new species for me.
Acrocercops brongniardella was a new moth for me, and if Carpatolechia decorella and Endothenis ustulana get the ok, they will new for me aswell.
Here is the total list.
Macro Moths : 67 species
Micro Moths : 89 species
Total : 156 species
Catch Report - 23/07/19 - Home Wood - Bedfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Black Arches
Blackneck
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Buff Arches
Clay
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Copper Underwing
Coxcomb Prominent
Dark Arches
Dark Umber
Dingy Footman
Double Square-spot
Drinker
Dun-bar
Dusky Sallow
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Green Pug
Haworth's Pug
July Highflyer
Large Twin-spot Carpet
Large Yellow Underwing
Latticed Heath
Least Carpet
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Lime-speck Pug
Lunar-spotted Pinion
Maiden's Blush
Maple Prominent
Maple Pug
Mere Wainscot
Minor Shoulder-knot
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook-tip
Olive
Peppered Moth
Pine Hawk moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Ruby Tiger
Rustic
Satin Beauty
Scalloped Oak
Scarce Footman
Scorched Carpet
Shaded Broad-bar
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Slender Brindle
Small Dotted buff
Small Fan-footed Wave
Straw Dot
Swallow Prominent
Tree lichen Beauty
Uncertain
Waved Black
White Satin
Micro Moths
Acentria ephemerella
Acleris forsskaleana
Acleris holmiana
Acleris laterana comariana
Acleris notana ferrugana
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella
Acrobasis repandana
Acrocercops brongniardella
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Anania hortulata
Anarsia innoxiella
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia albistria
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Borkhausenia fuscescens
Brachmia blandella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix ulmella
Calomotropha paludella
Caloptila alchimiella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Cameraria ohridella
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Cnephasia sp
Crambus pascuella
Crambus perlella
Crassa unitella
Cydia splendana
Ditula angustiorana
Elachista maculicerusella
Emmetia marginea
Endothenia ustulana??
Endotricha flammealis
Epagoge grotiana
Epiblema foenella
Epinotia abbreviana
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudemis profundana
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia pallida
Eulamprotes atrella
Euzophera pinguis
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Limnaecia phragmitrella
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Lyonetia clerkella
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metalampra italica
Metzneria lappella
Monopis laevigella
Monopis obviella
Monopis weaverella
Myelois circumvoluta
Pammene fasciana
Pandemis corylana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Psoricoptera gibbosella
Pyrausta aurata
Recurvaria leucatella
Rhopobota naevana
Scoparia basistrigalis
Spilonota ocellana
Stathmopoda pedella
Stigmella sp
Tinea trinotella
Tortrix viridana
Yponomeuta plumbella
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolopha sylvella
Ypsolopha ustella
Zeiraphera isertana
Zellaria hepariella
Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 18/06/16
On Saturday night the Herts Moth Group made a trip to the far North of the County to Ashwell Quarry.
Having been granted permission from the local land-owner, HMWT and a local neighbour who kindly got us access to the site via a locked gate, we went about setting up 8 lights spread around the Chalk grassland, Quarry and scrub.
Ashwell Quarry is an important site for wildlife and is to be found just outside of the village of Ashwell with it's rich wildflower meadows and chalk grassland. Unfortunately the site in certain parts was swathed in long grass, great for Crambus species but not ideal for the low-growing chalk plants for which the specialist moth caterpillars feed upon.
The weather through the course of the day had been grey, overcast but with little wind and as there was no sun the temperature had struggled to reach 16 degrees.
Upon a arrival at 8pm we were greeted with clearing skies and a bright near-full moon or the 'enemy' as Colin put it.
Thankfully by 10pm as it was just getting dark, cloud began to roll towards us from the North-east and granted us the cloud cover that we so desperately needed if we were to actually catch some moths on the night.
With 8 traps set-up it may have seemed a bit over-kill but I find that the more effort you put in, the more you get out and this was the case tonight where the suitcase Actinic trap attracted both Marbled Coronet and Phtheochroa sodaliana, completely new moths for me and well worth the brave effort of running cables along the chalk cliff face.
The third most interesting moth was a single specimen of the unusual looking Luquetia lobella, a moth that seems to be quite scarce in he County, another new moth for me.
Netted Pug was also a hit with everyone, two stunning examples trapped on the night.
We also got two wetland wanderer's possibly blown in on the breeze which picked up at around midnight, they were Southern Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
All in all a pleasing 108 species were recorded with a few outstanding micro moths to check.
List in Alphabetical order.
Numbers below are approximate.
Catch Report - 18/06/16 - Ashwell Quarry - 6x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 26w & 40w Actinic Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap
103 Species in total
Macro Moths - 72 Species
Angle Shades 1
Barred Straw 2
Beautiful Hook-tip 5
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broken-barred Carpet 1
Brown Rustic 4
Buff Ermine 1
Burnished Brass 3
Clouded Border 1
Clouded Brindle 2
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common Carpet 4
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Common Pug 1
Clouded Silver 6
Common Swift 20+
Common Wainscot 5
Dark Arches 1
Dotted Fan-foot 1
Flame 4
Flame Shoulder 1
Freyer's Pug 2
Ghost Moth 1
Green Carpet 15+
Green Pug 5
Grey Pug 3
Heart & Club 2
Heart & Dart 30+
Ingrailed Clay 1
Large Nutmeg 20+
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Arches 2
Light Brocade 2
Light Emerald 4
Marbled Coronet 1[NEW!]
Marbled Minor 2
Middle-barred Minor 3
Mottled Beauty 5
Mottled Pug 2
Mottled Rustic 3
Netted Pug 2
Pale Oak Beauty 4
Peppered Moth 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
Purple Bar 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 40+
Shaded Broad-bar 1
Shaded Pug 20+
Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Silver-ground Carpet 3
Silver-Y 2
Small Clouded Brindle 2
Small Dotted Buff 1
Small Fan-foot 1
Small Waved Umber 1
Snout 5
Southern Wainscot
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 10
Tawny Marbled Minor 3 - Gen Det
Treble Brown Spot 1
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 1
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White Ermine 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Micro Moths - 36 Species
Agapeta hamana 5
Agapeta zoegana 4
Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Argyresthia spinosella 1
Blastobasis lacticolella 1
Celypha lacunana 3
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
Clepsis consimilana 1
Cnephasia asseclana 1 - Gen Det
Cochylimorpha straminea 2
Cochylis hybridella 3
Cochylis molliculana
Crambus lathoniellus 10+
Crambus pascuella 1
Ditula angustiorana 1
Ephestia parasitella 1 - Gen Det
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Eucosma cana 5
Eucosma obumbratana 1
Hedya nubiferana 1
Hedya pruniana 8
Homoeosoma sinuella 2
Luquetia lobella 1 [NEW!]
Metzneria metzneriella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 4
Notocelia uddmanniana 2
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NEW!]
Plutella xylostella 15+
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3
Scoparia ambigualis 10+
Scoparia pyralella 2
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
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Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 01/08/19
Back to Bramfield on the 1st of August, and the other side of the road this time, the damper more grassy part with less mature trees.
The day had been very nice indeed and by the afternoon the conditions turned extremely muggy and perfect mothing weather.
There was a brief shower driving to the site, and as always thought I would be in for a wet session, so rain guards were adorned and cables wrapped in shopping bags!
Luckily that was the only rain all night and it stayed cloudy until packing up time at 2am if a little breezy.
Highlights were, 6 species of Ypsolopha, headed by the rare Ypsolopha vittella, 5x Gypsy Moths (a new macro for me). And two species that have be baffled, and that will be gen det soon.
With close to 180 species, this goes down in history as my highest ever August catch, probably owing to the muggy conditions and being just on the cusp of the new month.
Here is the total list.
Macro Moths : 105 species
Micro Moths : 73 species
Total : 178 species
Catch Report - 01/08/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Black Arches
Brimstone Moth
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Buff Footman
Cabbage Moth
Canary-shouldered Thorn
Clay
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Common Carpet
Common Footman
Common Rustic
Copper Underwing
Coxcomb Prominent
Dark Arches
Dingy Footman
Dun-bar
Dusky Thorn
Ear Moth
Elephant Hawk-moth
Flame Shoulder
Gypsy Moth 5
Jersey Tiger
July Highflyer
Knot Grass
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet
Large Yellow Underwing
Latticed Heath
Least Carpet
Least Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Maiden's Blush
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook-tip
Oak Nycteoline
Olive
Pale Prominent
Pebble Hook-tip
Pebble Prominent
Peppered Moth
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Ruby Tiger
Rustic
Scalloped Hook-tip
Scalloped Oak
Scarce Footman
Scorched Carpet
Shaded Broad-bar
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Phoenix
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Spectacle
Square-spotted Clay
Straw Underwing
Swallow Prominent
Tawny barred Angle
Tree-lichen Beauty
Uncertain
White-spotted Pug
Willow Beauty
Yellow Shell
Yellow-tail
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella
Acleris forsskaleana
Acleris laterana comariana
Acleris notana ferrugana
Acompsia cinerella
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis repandana
Aethes smeathmanniana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Agriphila straminella
Agriphila tristella
Anacampsis blatteriella
Anacampsis populella
Apotomis betuletana
Apotomis turbidana
Argyresthia albistria
Argyresthia bonnetella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia trifasciella
Aspilapteryx tringipennella
Athrips mouffetella
Bactra lancealana
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Brachmia blandella
Bucculatrix ulmella
Caloptila alchimiella robustella
Cameraria ohridella
Carcina quercana
Caryocolum sp
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella
Celypha lacunana
Celypha striana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clavigesta purdeyi
Cnephasia sp
Crassa unitella
Cydalimna perspectalis
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia splendana
Dioryctria abietella
Ditula angustiorana
Elachista sp TBC pos poae
Emmelina monodactlya
Emmetia marginea
Endotricha flammealis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia brunnichana
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia nisella
Epinotia ramella
Epinotia uddmanniana
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudemis profundana
Eudonia mercurella
Eudonia pallida
Eulamprotes atrella
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya salicella
Helycystogramma rufescens
Hypatimna rhomboidella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Lyonetia clerkella
Metalampra italica
Mompha propinquella
Monochroa cytisella
Monopis weaverella
Oegoconia sp
Oncocera semirubella
Pandemis heparana
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Parornix sp
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter harisella
Phyllonorycter trifasciella
Piniphila bifasciana
Pleuroptyra ruralis
Plutella xylostella
Recurvaria leucatella
Rhopobota naevana
Roeslerstammia erxlebella
Scoparia ambigualis
Scrobipalpa costella
Spilonota ocellana
Stigmella sp
Udea prunalis
Yponomeuta cag sp
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolopha dentella
Ypsolopha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella
Ypsolopha scabrella
Ypsolopha ustella
Ypsolopha vittella
Zeiraphera isertana
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Bramfield Woods - 01/06/19
On Saturday night, and after cancelling the previous Thursday’s trip out due to ill health, I was ready to go again with a few better nights sleep under my belt.
Saturday during the day had been a right ole’ scorcher, with highs of 28 degrees and plenty of warm sunshine. We also had quite a bit of cloud bubble up an hour into the session, and the relative humidity was extremely high.
Thus, the moths responded very well to all manner of spectrums of UV, we ran 10 lights in total across the central and Eastern areas of Bramfield Woods, positioning nearly all of the lights out of site of one another.
An hour in and with that increasing cloud cover, the traps were going bonkers at just before 11pm, so much so, that it was hard to keep up with what had just came in and then noting new arrivals as quickly as I could type up my list.
Trevor’s Traps in the far East did very well for micros, and so did a few of mine in the central/eastern section.
Towards the West more, Colin’s two MV’s rustled up lots of new for site Macro Moths and although originally thinking there weren’t many of the smaller moths present, upon inspection he was pleasantly surprised.
Stand-out Macro Moth species for me were Larch Pug (Seen only once in Essex previously in 2009), Grey Arches (Again just one record from Hexton Chalk Pit in 2014) and Two Great Oak Beauties, which seem to be getting earlier and earlier each year.
Micro Moths was where the night was really, with the warm conditions lasting all night, the sky and egg trays were full of them! So much so that it was quite tricky wading through hundreds of Coleophora and Stigmella’s to find the interesting stuff… o gawd we must have missed heaps I reckon, as we still continued to pack up gone 3am!
A worn Pug that Colin took home with him, after dissection turned out to be the very rare Campanula Pug!
Best moth of the night went to the scarce Pyralid adventive species, Agrota nemoralis.. a new addition to the Herts list and one I had only seen previously in France before, what a stunning looking moth it was.
This was backed up by scarce Pine moths such as Cedestis subfasciella, Cydia conicolana, Elegia similella and Pammene ochsenheimeriana.
Also three specimens of the scarce Tortrix Ancylis diminutana were noteworthy, a species I added to the Bedfordshire list only last year.
Here is the total list so far
Macro Moths : 89 species
Micro Moths : 112 species
Total : 201 species!
Catch Report - 01/06/19 - Bramfield Woods - Hertfordshire - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap, 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 5 traps in total + 3 extra traps provided by Trevor and 2 extra traps provided by Colin (10 in total).
Macro Moths
Alder Moth
Angle Shades
Blood-vein
Bordered White
Brimstone
Brindled White-spot
Broken-barred Carpet
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver-lines
Buff Ermine
Buff tip
Campanula Pug - GEN DET CWP
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Marbled Carpet
Common Pug
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Coxcomb Prominent
Cream Wave
Dark Arches
Dwarf Pug
Figure of Eighty
Flame Shoulder
Foxglove Pug
Green Carpet
Grey Arches
Grey-pine Carpet
Grey Pug
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Heart & Dart
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Oak Nycteoline
Light Brocade
Cinnabar
Larch Pug
Least Black Arches
Light Emerald
Lime Hawk-moth
Lime-speck Pug
Maiden's Blush
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White-spot
Middle barred Minor
Mottled Pug
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook tip
Ochreous Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Pale Tussock
Peacock Moth
Pebble Hook-tip
Pebble Prominent
Peppered Moth
Poplar Grey
Poplar Lutestring
Puss Moth
Red necked Footman
Riband Wave
Rustic Shoulder knot
Sandy Carpet
Scalloped Hazel
Scalloped Hook tip
Scorched Carpet
Scorched Wing
Seraphim
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Single-dotted Wave
Small Fan-foot
Small Phoenix
Small White Wave
Snout
Spruce Carpet
Straw Dot
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Treble Lines
Turnip Moth
White Ermine
White Point
Yellow-barred Brindle
Micro Moths
Acrobasis advenella
Adela reamurella
Agapeta hamana
Agrotera nemoralis
Alabonia geoferella
Ancylis diminutana
Ancylis mitterbacheriana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis turbidana
Aphomia sociella
Agonopterix arenella
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia conjugella
Argyresthia spinosella
Argyresthia trifasciata
Assara terrebrella
Bactra sp
Blastobasis lacticolella
Bucculatrix ulmella
Caloptilia alchimiella - GEN DET CWP
Caloptilia robustella - GEN DET CWP
Caloptilia syringella
Cameraria ohridella
Capua vulgana
Carpatolechia proximella
Cedestis subfasciella
Celypha lacunana
Cnephasia
Cochylimorpha straminea
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Cochylis molliculana
Coleophora sp
Coleophora frischella/alcyonipennella
Coptoptriche marginea
Crambus lathoniellus
Cryptoblabes bistriga
Cydia conicolana
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia nigricana
Cydia pomonella
Dioryctria schuetzeella
Dioryctria simplicella
Ectoedemia decentella
Elachista albifrontella
Elachista argentella
Elachista cannapenella
Elegia similella
Endrosis sarcitrella
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia tetraquetrana
Epinotia rubiginosana
Epinotia subocellana
Epiphyas postvittana
Esperia sulphurella
Eulia ministrana
Evergestis forficalis
Glyphipterix forsterella
Grapholita compositella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Incurvaria oehmanniella
Lobesia reliquana
Micropterix aureatella
Monopis laevigella
Monopis weaverella
Nemapogon cloacella
Nemapogon koenigi
Nemophora deegerella
Nematopogon schwarziellus
Nematopogon swammerdamella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Orthotaenia undulana
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pammene ochsenheimeriana
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Parornix betulae - GEN DET CWP
Parornix devoniella - GEN DET CWP
Phyllonorycter harisella
Phyllonorycter heegeriella
Phyllonorycter hilarella
Phyllonorycter lautella
Phyllonorycter nicellii - GEN DET CWP
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae - GEN DET CWP
Plutella xylostella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Phtheochroa rugosana
Ptycholoma lecheana
Roeslerstammia erxlebella
Rhyacionia pinivorana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scrobipalpa costella
Spilonota ocellana
Stigmella atricapitella - GEN DET CWP
Strophedra nitidana
Strophedra weirana
Swammerdamia caesiella - GEN DET CWP
Syndemis musculana
Teleoides luculella
Teleiopsis diffinis
Tinea trinotella
Tinea semifulvella
Tischeria ekebladella
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Field Trip - Bramfield Woods - 25/06/19
A belated catch-up post from a field trip last month.
A couple of days after the bumper Bramfield Park Woods sesskion, we found ourselves over the other side of the road in Bramfield Woods.
The day had been warm, but not the heat that was expected and upon arriving at the site, it was windy and there was drizzle in the air which as the night went on turned into bouts of dense mist.
With that wind brought a coolness to the night and this really did keep numbers and species down for this usually prolific time of year.
Despite the awful conditions, we kept the lights running until around midnight and then packed up.
There were several site listers that we managed to find.
Dark Spectacle, Sallow Kitten, Buff Arches, Anania lancealis, Piniphila bifasciana, Spilonota laricana, Cydia nigricana and Triaxomera parasitella were all new.
Here is the total list.
Macro Moths : 77 species
Micro Moths : 51 species
Total : 128 species
Catch Report - 25/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Angle Shades
Beautiful Golden Y
Beautiful Hook-tip
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered White
Brindled White spot
Brown Rustic
Buff Arches
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Burnished Brass
Clay
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Common White Wave
Dark Arches
Dark Spectacle
Double Square spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame
Ghost Moth
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Grey Pug
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lime Hawk-moth
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled White-spot
Mottled Beauty
Oak Nycteoline
Orange Footman
Peach Blossom
Peppered Moth
Pine Beauty
Pine Hawk-moth
Purple Clay
Red-necked Footman
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rustic Shoulder knot
Sallow Kitten
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Spruce Carpet
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth
Tawny-barred Angle
Uncertain
Vines Rustic
Willow Beauty
Micro Moths
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Aleimma loefligiana
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Anania perlucidalis
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia conjugella
Argyresthia retinella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Calamotropha paludella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Cnephasia sp
Coleophora sp
Crambus lathoniellus
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia nigricana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Eana incanana
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia pallida
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Lozotaenoides formosana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Pandemis cerasana
Parornix sp
Phycita roborella
Pinophila bifasciana
Plutella xylostella
Scoparia ambigualis
Scrobipalpa costella
Scythropia crataegella
Spilonota laricana
Teleoides luculella
Tortrix viridana
Triaxomera parasitella
Udea olivalis
Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 18/06/16
On Saturday night the Herts Moth Group made a trip to the far North of the County to Ashwell Quarry.
Having been granted permission from the local land-owner, HMWT and a local neighbour who kindly got us access to the site via a locked gate, we went about setting up 8 lights spread around the Chalk grassland, Quarry and scrub.
Ashwell Quarry is an important site for wildlife and is to be found just outside of the village of Ashwell with it's rich wildflower meadows and chalk grassland. Unfortunately the site in certain parts was swathed in long grass, great for Crambus species but not ideal for the low-growing chalk plants for which the specialist moth caterpillars feed upon.
The weather through the course of the day had been grey, overcast but with little wind and as there was no sun the temperature had struggled to reach 16 degrees.
Upon a arrival at 8pm we were greeted with clearing skies and a bright near-full moon or the 'enemy' as Colin put it.
Thankfully by 10pm as it was just getting dark, cloud began to roll towards us from the North-east and granted us the cloud cover that we so desperately needed if we were to actually catch some moths on the night.
With 8 traps set-up it may have seemed a bit over-kill but I find that the more effort you put in, the more you get out and this was the case tonight where the suitcase Actinic trap attracted both Marbled Coronet and Phtheochroa sodaliana, completely new moths for me and well worth the brave effort of running cables along the chalk cliff face.
The third most interesting moth was a single specimen of the unusual looking Luquetia lobella, a moth that seems to be quite scarce in he County, another new moth for me.
Netted Pug was also a hit with everyone, two stunning examples trapped on the night.
We also got two wetland wanderer's possibly blown in on the breeze which picked up at around midnight, they were Southern Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
All in all a pleasing 108 species were recorded with a few outstanding micro moths to check.
List in Alphabetical order.
Numbers below are approximate.
Catch Report - 18/06/16 - Ashwell Quarry - 6x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 26w & 40w Actinic Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap
103 Species in total
Macro Moths - 72 Species
Angle Shades 1
Barred Straw 2
Beautiful Hook-tip 5
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broken-barred Carpet 1
Brown Rustic 4
Buff Ermine 1
Burnished Brass 3
Clouded Border 1
Clouded Brindle 2
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common Carpet 4
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Common Pug 1
Clouded Silver 6
Common Swift 20+
Common Wainscot 5
Dark Arches 1
Dotted Fan-foot 1
Flame 4
Flame Shoulder 1
Freyer's Pug 2
Ghost Moth 1
Green Carpet 15+
Green Pug 5
Grey Pug 3
Heart & Club 2
Heart & Dart 30+
Ingrailed Clay 1
Large Nutmeg 20+
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Arches 2
Light Brocade 2
Light Emerald 4
Marbled Coronet 1[NEW!]
Marbled Minor 2
Middle-barred Minor 3
Mottled Beauty 5
Mottled Pug 2
Mottled Rustic 3
Netted Pug 2
Pale Oak Beauty 4
Peppered Moth 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
Purple Bar 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 40+
Shaded Broad-bar 1
Shaded Pug 20+
Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Silver-ground Carpet 3
Silver-Y 2
Small Clouded Brindle 2
Small Dotted Buff 1
Small Fan-foot 1
Small Waved Umber 1
Snout 5
Southern Wainscot
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 10
Tawny Marbled Minor 3 - Gen Det
Treble Brown Spot 1
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 1
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White Ermine 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Micro Moths - 36 Species
Agapeta hamana 5
Agapeta zoegana 4
Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Argyresthia spinosella 1
Blastobasis lacticolella 1
Celypha lacunana 3
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
Clepsis consimilana 1
Cnephasia asseclana 1 - Gen Det
Cochylimorpha straminea 2
Cochylis hybridella 3
Cochylis molliculana
Crambus lathoniellus 10+
Crambus pascuella 1
Ditula angustiorana 1
Ephestia parasitella 1 - Gen Det
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Eucosma cana 5
Eucosma obumbratana 1
Hedya nubiferana 1
Hedya pruniana 8
Homoeosoma sinuella 2
Luquetia lobella 1 [NEW!]
Metzneria metzneriella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 4
Notocelia uddmanniana 2
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NEW!]
Plutella xylostella 15+
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3
Scoparia ambigualis 10+
Scoparia pyralella 2
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1
Field Trip - Gadesprings Watercress Beds - 20th/21st September
As it was my weekend on to work, I decided to run some moth traps down at Gadesprings Watercress Beds, leave them on all night, and sift through them come the morning.
Saturday night seemed to be the most favoured night weather-wise, but strangely, the cooler night before produced more moths and more species!
38 species were noted over the two nights, many common Autumnal species were present, as well as late Summer stragglers.
3 species worth mentioning were, Dewick's Plusia, Cypress Pug and Large Wainscot.
Dewick's Plusia is a recent migrant/suspected colonist (Although no larvae have been found yet in Hertfordshire) with numbers increasing year after year. It is thought that the larvae feed from low growing herbaceous plants and Common Nettles, of which there is an abundance almost anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Cypress Pug never use to be a common moth, but seems to be spreading around fairly nicely. Hemel Hempstead seems to have a healthy population.
The Large Wainscot is no doubt breeding amongst the Phragmites on the reserve as we have found it in low density in years past.
All in all, a nice selection of moths to observe and record.
Here is the full list
Catch Report - 20th/21st/09/19 - Gadesprings Watercress Beds - Hertfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo, 1x 40w Actinic + 30w Compact Fluorescent Briefcase trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Angle Shades 1
Black Rustic 3
Brindled Green 3
Brimstone Moth 2
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
Burnished Brass 3
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Common Wainscot 5
Copper Underwing 1
Cypress Pug 1
Deep-brown Dart 8
Dewick's Plusia 1
Flame Shoulder 1
Large Wainscot 1
Large Yellow Underwing 25
Lesser Yellow Underwing 10
Light Emerald 2
Lunar Underwing 5
Rosy Rustic 3
Ruby Tiger 2
Sallow 6
Setaceous Hebrew Character 15
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Snout 5
Square-spot Rustic
Turnip Moth 2
Vine's Rustic 10
Willow Beauty 1
White Point 5
Micro Moths
Agriphila tristella 2
Blastobasis adustella 2
Cameraria ohridella 3
Celypha lacunana 5
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Emmelina monodactlya 1
Eudonia pallida 2
Pleuroptyra ruralis 1
Plutella xylostella 8
Bramfield Woods - 01/06/19
On Saturday night, and after cancelling the previous Thursday’s trip out due to ill health, I was ready to go again with a few better nights sleep under my belt.
Saturday during the day had been a right ole’ scorcher, with highs of 28 degrees and plenty of warm sunshine. We also had quite a bit of cloud bubble up an hour into the session, and the relative humidity was extremely high.
Thus, the moths responded very well to all manner of spectrums of UV, we ran 10 lights in total across the central and Eastern areas of Bramfield Woods, positioning nearly all of the lights out of site of one another.
An hour in and with that increasing cloud cover, the traps were going bonkers at just before 11pm, so much so, that it was hard to keep up with what had just came in and then noting new arrivals as quickly as I could type up my list.
Trevor’s Traps in the far East did very well for micros, and so did a few of mine in the central/eastern section.
Towards the West more, Colin’s two MV’s rustled up lots of new for site Macro Moths and although originally thinking there weren’t many of the smaller moths present, upon inspection he was pleasantly surprised.
Stand-out Macro Moth species for me were Larch Pug (Seen only once in Essex previously in 2009), Grey Arches (Again just one record from Hexton Chalk Pit in 2014) and Two Great Oak Beauties, which seem to be getting earlier and earlier each year.
Micro Moths was where the night was really, with the warm conditions lasting all night, the sky and egg trays were full of them! So much so that it was quite tricky wading through hundreds of Coleophora and Stigmella’s to find the interesting stuff… o gawd we must have missed heaps I reckon, as we still continued to pack up gone 3am!
A worn Pug that Colin took home with him, after dissection turned out to be the very rare Campanula Pug!
Best moth of the night went to the scarce Pyralid adventive species, Agrota nemoralis.. a new addition to the Herts list and one I had only seen previously in France before, what a stunning looking moth it was.
This was backed up by scarce Pine moths such as Cedestis subfasciella, Cydia conicolana, Elegia similella and Pammene ochsenheimeriana.
Also three specimens of the scarce Tortrix Ancylis diminutana were noteworthy, a species I added to the Bedfordshire list only last year.
Here is the total list so far
Macro Moths : 89 species
Micro Moths : 112 species
Total : 201 species!
Catch Report - 01/06/19 - Bramfield Woods - Hertfordshire - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap, 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 5 traps in total + 3 extra traps provided by Trevor and 2 extra traps provided by Colin (10 in total).
Macro Moths
Alder Moth
Angle Shades
Blood-vein
Bordered White
Brimstone
Brindled White-spot
Broken-barred Carpet
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver-lines
Buff Ermine
Buff tip
Campanula Pug - GEN DET CWP
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Marbled Carpet
Common Pug
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Coxcomb Prominent
Cream Wave
Dark Arches
Dwarf Pug
Figure of Eighty
Flame Shoulder
Foxglove Pug
Green Carpet
Grey Arches
Grey-pine Carpet
Grey Pug
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Heart & Dart
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Oak Nycteoline
Light Brocade
Cinnabar
Larch Pug
Least Black Arches
Light Emerald
Lime Hawk-moth
Lime-speck Pug
Maiden's Blush
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White-spot
Middle barred Minor
Mottled Pug
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook tip
Ochreous Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Pale Tussock
Peacock Moth
Pebble Hook-tip
Pebble Prominent
Peppered Moth
Poplar Grey
Poplar Lutestring
Puss Moth
Red necked Footman
Riband Wave
Rustic Shoulder knot
Sandy Carpet
Scalloped Hazel
Scalloped Hook tip
Scorched Carpet
Scorched Wing
Seraphim
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Single-dotted Wave
Small Fan-foot
Small Phoenix
Small White Wave
Snout
Spruce Carpet
Straw Dot
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Treble Lines
Turnip Moth
White Ermine
White Point
Yellow-barred Brindle
Micro Moths
Acrobasis advenella
Adela reamurella
Agapeta hamana
Agrotera nemoralis
Alabonia geoferella
Ancylis diminutana
Ancylis mitterbacheriana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis turbidana
Aphomia sociella
Agonopterix arenella
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia conjugella
Argyresthia spinosella
Argyresthia trifasciata
Assara terrebrella
Bactra sp
Blastobasis lacticolella
Bucculatrix ulmella
Caloptilia alchimiella - GEN DET CWP
Caloptilia robustella - GEN DET CWP
Caloptilia syringella
Cameraria ohridella
Capua vulgana
Carpatolechia proximella
Cedestis subfasciella
Celypha lacunana
Cnephasia
Cochylimorpha straminea
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Cochylis molliculana
Coleophora sp
Coleophora frischella/alcyonipennella
Coptoptriche marginea
Crambus lathoniellus
Cryptoblabes bistriga
Cydia conicolana
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia nigricana
Cydia pomonella
Dioryctria schuetzeella
Dioryctria simplicella
Ectoedemia decentella
Elachista albifrontella
Elachista argentella
Elachista cannapenella
Elegia similella
Endrosis sarcitrella
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia tetraquetrana
Epinotia rubiginosana
Epinotia subocellana
Epiphyas postvittana
Esperia sulphurella
Eulia ministrana
Evergestis forficalis
Glyphipterix forsterella
Grapholita compositella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Incurvaria oehmanniella
Lobesia reliquana
Micropterix aureatella
Monopis laevigella
Monopis weaverella
Nemapogon cloacella
Nemapogon koenigi
Nemophora deegerella
Nematopogon schwarziellus
Nematopogon swammerdamella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Orthotaenia undulana
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pammene ochsenheimeriana
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Parornix betulae - GEN DET CWP
Parornix devoniella - GEN DET CWP
Phyllonorycter harisella
Phyllonorycter heegeriella
Phyllonorycter hilarella
Phyllonorycter lautella
Phyllonorycter nicellii - GEN DET CWP
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae - GEN DET CWP
Plutella xylostella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Phtheochroa rugosana
Ptycholoma lecheana
Roeslerstammia erxlebella
Rhyacionia pinivorana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scrobipalpa costella
Spilonota ocellana
Stigmella atricapitella - GEN DET CWP
Strophedra nitidana
Strophedra weirana
Swammerdamia caesiella - GEN DET CWP
Syndemis musculana
Teleoides luculella
Teleiopsis diffinis
Tinea trinotella
Tinea semifulvella
Tischeria ekebladella
Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 18/06/16
On Saturday night the Herts Moth Group made a trip to the far North of the County to Ashwell Quarry.
Having been granted permission from the local land-owner, HMWT and a local neighbour who kindly got us access to the site via a locked gate, we went about setting up 8 lights spread around the Chalk grassland, Quarry and scrub.
Ashwell Quarry is an important site for wildlife and is to be found just outside of the village of Ashwell with it's rich wildflower meadows and chalk grassland. Unfortunately the site in certain parts was swathed in long grass, great for Crambus species but not ideal for the low-growing chalk plants for which the specialist moth caterpillars feed upon.
The weather through the course of the day had been grey, overcast but with little wind and as there was no sun the temperature had struggled to reach 16 degrees.
Upon a arrival at 8pm we were greeted with clearing skies and a bright near-full moon or the 'enemy' as Colin put it.
Thankfully by 10pm as it was just getting dark, cloud began to roll towards us from the North-east and granted us the cloud cover that we so desperately needed if we were to actually catch some moths on the night.
With 8 traps set-up it may have seemed a bit over-kill but I find that the more effort you put in, the more you get out and this was the case tonight where the suitcase Actinic trap attracted both Marbled Coronet and Phtheochroa sodaliana, completely new moths for me and well worth the brave effort of running cables along the chalk cliff face.
The third most interesting moth was a single specimen of the unusual looking Luquetia lobella, a moth that seems to be quite scarce in he County, another new moth for me.
Netted Pug was also a hit with everyone, two stunning examples trapped on the night.
We also got two wetland wanderer's possibly blown in on the breeze which picked up at around midnight, they were Southern Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
All in all a pleasing 108 species were recorded with a few outstanding micro moths to check.
List in Alphabetical order.
Numbers below are approximate.
Catch Report - 18/06/16 - Ashwell Quarry - 6x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 26w & 40w Actinic Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap
103 Species in total
Macro Moths - 72 Species
Angle Shades 1
Barred Straw 2
Beautiful Hook-tip 5
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broken-barred Carpet 1
Brown Rustic 4
Buff Ermine 1
Burnished Brass 3
Clouded Border 1
Clouded Brindle 2
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common Carpet 4
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Common Pug 1
Clouded Silver 6
Common Swift 20+
Common Wainscot 5
Dark Arches 1
Dotted Fan-foot 1
Flame 4
Flame Shoulder 1
Freyer's Pug 2
Ghost Moth 1
Green Carpet 15+
Green Pug 5
Grey Pug 3
Heart & Club 2
Heart & Dart 30+
Ingrailed Clay 1
Large Nutmeg 20+
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Arches 2
Light Brocade 2
Light Emerald 4
Marbled Coronet 1[NEW!]
Marbled Minor 2
Middle-barred Minor 3
Mottled Beauty 5
Mottled Pug 2
Mottled Rustic 3
Netted Pug 2
Pale Oak Beauty 4
Peppered Moth 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
Purple Bar 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 40+
Shaded Broad-bar 1
Shaded Pug 20+
Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Silver-ground Carpet 3
Silver-Y 2
Small Clouded Brindle 2
Small Dotted Buff 1
Small Fan-foot 1
Small Waved Umber 1
Snout 5
Southern Wainscot
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 10
Tawny Marbled Minor 3 - Gen Det
Treble Brown Spot 1
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 1
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White Ermine 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Micro Moths - 36 Species
Agapeta hamana 5
Agapeta zoegana 4
Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Argyresthia spinosella 1
Blastobasis lacticolella 1
Celypha lacunana 3
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
Clepsis consimilana 1
Cnephasia asseclana 1 - Gen Det
Cochylimorpha straminea 2
Cochylis hybridella 3
Cochylis molliculana
Crambus lathoniellus 10+
Crambus pascuella 1
Ditula angustiorana 1
Ephestia parasitella 1 - Gen Det
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Eucosma cana 5
Eucosma obumbratana 1
Hedya nubiferana 1
Hedya pruniana 8
Homoeosoma sinuella 2
Luquetia lobella 1 [NEW!]
Metzneria metzneriella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 4
Notocelia uddmanniana 2
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NEW!]
Plutella xylostella 15+
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3
Scoparia ambigualis 10+
Scoparia pyralella 2
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19
I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.
The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night.
Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy.
Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.
The moth species present were incredible to say the least.
We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.
Many moths were notable and also new for me.
Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.
17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.
Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)
Here is the total list
Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)
CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)
Macro Moths : 132 species
Micro Moths : 157 species
Total : 289 species
Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw (Only CWP)
Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP)
Black Arches (CWP)
Blue-bordered Carpet
Bordered Beauty
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth (Only CWP)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP)
Brown Scallop (Only CWP)
Buff Arches (Only CWP)
Buff Footman (Only CWP)
Buff-tip (Only CWP)
Chinese Character (Only CWP)
Clay (CWP)
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver (Only CWP)
Common Carpet (CWP)
Common Footman (CWP)
Common Rustic (CWP)*
Common Swift (Only CWP)
Common Wainscot
Common Wave (CWP)
Common White Wave (CWP)
Coronet (CWP)
Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP)
Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP)
Dark Arches (CWP)
Dark Umber (CWP)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Dingy Footman (CWP)
Dingy Shell (CWP)
Dot Moth (CWP)
Dotted Fan-foot (CWP)
Double Lobed (CWP)
Double Square-spot (CWP)
Drinker
Dun-bar (CWP)
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Early Thorn (Only CWP)
Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP)
Engrailed (Only CWP)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Fen Wainscot (CWP)
Flame (CWP)
Flame Shoulder (CWP)
Ghost Moth (CWP)
Green Pug
Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP)
Haworth's Pug
Heart & Dart (CWP)
Iron Prominent (CWP)
July Highflyer (CWP)
Kent Black Arches (Only CWP)
Large Emerald
Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)
Large Yellow Undering (CWP)
Latticed Heath (CWP)
Least Carpet (CWP)
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth (CWP)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP)
Lesser Cream Wave (CWP)
Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP)
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Light Emerald (CWP)
Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP)
Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP)
Maple Pug
Marbled Minor (CWP)*
Marbled White spot (CWP)
Mere Wainscot
Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP)
Mottled Beauty (Only CWP)
Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)*
Nut-tree Tussock (CWP)
Olive (Only CWP)
Pale Mottled Willow
Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP)
Pale Prominent (CWP)
Pebble Hook-tip (CWP)
Peppered Moth (CWP)
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey (Only CWP)
Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP)
Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP)
Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP)
Purple Bar (Only CWP)
Purple Clay
Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)*
Reed Leopard (CWP)
Riband Wave (CWP)
Rivulet (Only CWP)
Rosy Footman (CWP)
Round-winged Muslin (CWP)
Ruby Tiger (CWP)
Rufous Minor (Only CWP)*
Rustic (CWP)
Scalloped Oak (Only CWP)
Scarce Footman (CWP)
Scarlet Tiger (CWP)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP)
Shaded Broad-bar (CWP)
Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP)
Silky Wainscot (CWP)
Silver Barred (CWP)
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave (CWP)
Slender Brindle (Only CWP)
Slender Pug
Small Blood-vein (CWP)
Small Dotted Buff (CWP)
Small Emerald (CWP)
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Rufous (CWP)
Small Scallop
Smoky Wainscot (CWP)
Small White Wave (Only CWP)
Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP)
Snout (CWP)
Southern Wainscot (CWP)
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP)
Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP)
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP)
Uncertain (CWP)
V-pug (CWP)
Willow Beauty (Only CWP)
Wormwood Pug
Yellow-tail (Only CWP)
Micro Moths
Acentria emphemerella (CWP)
Acleris forsskaleana (CWP)
Acleris holmiana (CWP)
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella (CWP)
Acrobasis marmorea
Acrobasis repandana (CWP)
Adaina microdactyla (CWP)
Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)*
Aethes tesserana (Only CWP)
Agapeta hamana (CWP)
Agapeta zoegana (CWP)
Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP)
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix subpropinquella
Agriphila tristella (Only CWP)
Anacampsis blattariella
Anania coronata (Only CWP)
Anania hortulata (CWP)
Anania lancealis (CWP)
Anania perlucidalis
Ancylis achatana
Aphelia paleana (CWP)
Aphomia sociella (CWP)
Apotomis betuletana
Archips crataegana (Only CWP)*
Archips podana (CWP)
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella (CWP)
Argyresthia goedartella (CWP)
Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP)
Batia unitella (CWP)
Batrachedra pinicolella
Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP)
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Brachmia blandella
Brachmia inornatella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP)
Calomotropha paludella (CWP)
Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP)
Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP)
Cameraria ohridella (CWP)
Carcina quercana (CWP)
Cataclysta lemnata (CWP)
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella (CWP)
Celypha lacunana
Chilo phragmitella (CWP)
Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP)
Clepsis consimiliana (CWP)
Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP)
Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)*
Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis atricapitana (CWP)
Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)*
Cochylis hybridella
Coleophora mayrella (CWP)
Cosmopterix scribaiella 2
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella (CWP)
Crambus perlella (CWP)
Crassa unitella (CWP)
Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)*
Cydia pomonella (Only CWP)
Cydia splendana (CWP)
Dichomeris alacella
Dioryctia abietella
Eana incanana (CWP)*
Elachista apicipunctella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elophila nymphaeata (CWP)
Emmelina monodactlya
Endothenia sp
Endotricha flammealis (CWP)
Epagoge grotiana (CWP)
Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)*
Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)*
Ethmia dodecea (CWP)
Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)*
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)*
Eudonia mercurella (CWP)*
Eudonia pallida (CWP)*
Euzophera pinguis (CWP)
Evergestis pallidata (CWP)
Gelechia muscosella? TBC
Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)*
Gypsonoma dealbana
Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP)
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella (CWP)
Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP)
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP)
Hypsopygia costalis (CWP)
Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP)
Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP)
Lobesia abscisana (CWP)*
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella (CWP)
Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP)
Mompha ochraceella
Mompha propinquella
Morophaga choragella
Nymphula nitidulata (CWP)
Oegoconia sp
Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP)
Pammene aurita
Pammene regiana (Only CWP)
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana (CWP)
Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP)
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)*
Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP)
Phycita roborella (CWP)
Phycitodes binaevella
Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP)
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP)
Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP)
Ptycholomoides aeriferana
Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP)
Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP)
Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP)
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)*
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Stathmopoda pedella
Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)*
Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP)
Thiotricha subocellea (CWP)
Tischeria ekebladella
Udea olivalis (Only CWP)
Vitula biviella
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP)
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolpha nemorella
Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)
Ypsolopha scabrella (Only CWP)
Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 23/06/19
A cracker of a night was had at Bramfield Park Woods on Sunday night, with 3 traps run 50m apart and a further one MV trap run in a different part of the wood.
The day was cloudy and warm, upto 24 degrees and the evening looked spot on for a good session.
As always something just had to put that doubt in my mind, as I finished setting up my traps, it started spitting! and the sky looked extremely angry and storm like... plastic bags over the electrics and rain covers on the traps ASAP, it was like some sort of military operation!
Thankfully, those spots of rain came to nothing, it was a little breezy in certain places around the wood, but 3 out of 4 of the traps were tucked away nicely out of the wind, and with complete cloud cover...what else could go wrong.
It didn't take long to get in a muddle with writing the moths down, as they arrived in quick succession, and the interesting and more unusual moths were potted up as a priority, quite hard to do when you are getting bombed by so many moths.
There must have easily been 300 moths per trap, plus all of the ones sitting in the grass and you are looking at upwards of 1500 moths.
I ran the traps from 9:30pm until 2:30am where I was absolutely frazzled from tiredness.
Driving home, the car temperature gauge confirmed why it was such a good night, 16 degrees is what it was at 3am!
In total 194 species were recorded over 5 hours.
Big numbers of certain species were 25x Grey Arches, 35x Great Oak Beauty and over 100 Aleimma loeflingiana.
Species of note were 2x Beautiful Carpet (New for me), Ancylis diminutana, Apotomis capreana, Argyresthia pygmaeella (New for me), Cosmiotes stabilella, Epinotia fraternana (New for me), Euspilapteryx auroguttella, Pseudosciaphila branderiana (New for me) and Scoparia subfusca.
Here is the total list
Macro Moths : 93 species
Micro Moths : 101 species
Total : 194 species
Catch Report - 23/06/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet [NEW]
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Blood-vein
Blotched Emerald
Bordered White
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Brindled White-spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Ermine
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Double Square-spot
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Grey Arches
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Large Nutmeg
Large Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor
Marbled White Spot
Middle-barred Minor
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peacock Moth
Peppered moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Purple Clay
Riband Wave
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Scarce Silver-lines
Scorched wing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Silver-ground Carpet
Silver-Y
Slender Pug
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Tawny Marbled Minor
Tawny-barred Angle
Treble Brown Spot
Uncertain
Vine's Rustic
White Ermine
White-point
Micro Moths
Acleris notana/ferrugana
Acleris schalleriana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Ancylis diminutana
Aphelia paleana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia pruniella
Argyresthia pygmaeella [NEW]
Argyresthia retinella
Assara terebrella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Blastobasis lacticolella
Blastodacna hellerella
Caloptilia alchimiella robustella
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora sp
Cosmiotes stabilella
Crambus lathoniellus
Crambus pascuella
Crassa unitella
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Emmetia marginea
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana [NEW]
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis
Exoteleia dodecella
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Lathronympha strigana
Metzneriana metzeriana
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Nemophora deegerella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia roborana
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pammene argyrana
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Phtheochroa inopiana
Phycita roborella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Pseudosciaphila branderiana [NEW]
Ptherochroa inopiana
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Field Trip - Ashwell Quarry - 18/06/16
On Saturday night the Herts Moth Group made a trip to the far North of the County to Ashwell Quarry.
Having been granted permission from the local land-owner, HMWT and a local neighbour who kindly got us access to the site via a locked gate, we went about setting up 8 lights spread around the Chalk grassland, Quarry and scrub.
Ashwell Quarry is an important site for wildlife and is to be found just outside of the village of Ashwell with it's rich wildflower meadows and chalk grassland. Unfortunately the site in certain parts was swathed in long grass, great for Crambus species but not ideal for the low-growing chalk plants for which the specialist moth caterpillars feed upon.
The weather through the course of the day had been grey, overcast but with little wind and as there was no sun the temperature had struggled to reach 16 degrees.
Upon a arrival at 8pm we were greeted with clearing skies and a bright near-full moon or the 'enemy' as Colin put it.
Thankfully by 10pm as it was just getting dark, cloud began to roll towards us from the North-east and granted us the cloud cover that we so desperately needed if we were to actually catch some moths on the night.
With 8 traps set-up it may have seemed a bit over-kill but I find that the more effort you put in, the more you get out and this was the case tonight where the suitcase Actinic trap attracted both Marbled Coronet and Phtheochroa sodaliana, completely new moths for me and well worth the brave effort of running cables along the chalk cliff face.
The third most interesting moth was a single specimen of the unusual looking Luquetia lobella, a moth that seems to be quite scarce in he County, another new moth for me.
Netted Pug was also a hit with everyone, two stunning examples trapped on the night.
We also got two wetland wanderer's possibly blown in on the breeze which picked up at around midnight, they were Southern Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
All in all a pleasing 108 species were recorded with a few outstanding micro moths to check.
List in Alphabetical order.
Numbers below are approximate.
Catch Report - 18/06/16 - Ashwell Quarry - 6x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 26w & 40w Actinic Trap and 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap
103 Species in total
Macro Moths - 72 Species
Angle Shades 1
Barred Straw 2
Beautiful Hook-tip 5
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broken-barred Carpet 1
Brown Rustic 4
Buff Ermine 1
Burnished Brass 3
Clouded Border 1
Clouded Brindle 2
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common Carpet 4
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Common Pug 1
Clouded Silver 6
Common Swift 20+
Common Wainscot 5
Dark Arches 1
Dotted Fan-foot 1
Flame 4
Flame Shoulder 1
Freyer's Pug 2
Ghost Moth 1
Green Carpet 15+
Green Pug 5
Grey Pug 3
Heart & Club 2
Heart & Dart 30+
Ingrailed Clay 1
Large Nutmeg 20+
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Arches 2
Light Brocade 2
Light Emerald 4
Marbled Coronet 1[NEW!]
Marbled Minor 2
Middle-barred Minor 3
Mottled Beauty 5
Mottled Pug 2
Mottled Rustic 3
Netted Pug 2
Pale Oak Beauty 4
Peppered Moth 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 2
Purple Bar 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 40+
Shaded Broad-bar 1
Shaded Pug 20+
Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
Silver-ground Carpet 3
Silver-Y 2
Small Clouded Brindle 2
Small Dotted Buff 1
Small Fan-foot 1
Small Waved Umber 1
Snout 5
Southern Wainscot
Spectacle 1
Straw Dot 10
Tawny Marbled Minor 3 - Gen Det
Treble Brown Spot 1
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 1
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1
White Ermine 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Micro Moths - 36 Species
Agapeta hamana 5
Agapeta zoegana 4
Anania hortulata 1
Aphomia sociella 1
Argyresthia spinosella 1
Blastobasis lacticolella 1
Celypha lacunana 3
Chrysoteuchia culmella 10+
Clepsis consimilana 1
Cnephasia asseclana 1 - Gen Det
Cochylimorpha straminea 2
Cochylis hybridella 3
Cochylis molliculana
Crambus lathoniellus 10+
Crambus pascuella 1
Ditula angustiorana 1
Ephestia parasitella 1 - Gen Det
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Eucosma cana 5
Eucosma obumbratana 1
Hedya nubiferana 1
Hedya pruniana 8
Homoeosoma sinuella 2
Luquetia lobella 1 [NEW!]
Metzneria metzneriella 2
Notocelia trimaculana 4
Notocelia uddmanniana 2
Phtheochroa rugosana 1
Phtheochroa sodaliana 1 [NEW!]
Plutella xylostella 15+
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 3
Scoparia ambigualis 10+
Scoparia pyralella 2
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1
Field Trip - Home Wood - 23/07/19
I joined Matt, Lionel and Louie to Home Wood back on the 23rd of July.
It's been a hectic few weeks keeping up with the garden totals, let alone two more trips out since this one.
The day had been warm and muggy, and with the threat of rain we still went ahead.
All setup and sweating like a pig, we waited....not long, it was manic pretty much instantly and the traps were covered in micros of varying species.
At about 1:45pm I got a txt from my wife saying that it was incredibly stormy and wet.. we could hear it in the distance, it was coming straight for us and the wind started to pick up.
Luckily we were already in the process of packing up, and had 2 traps left and we frantically checked what we could, but we were running out of time.
The car was full of moths the next morning and I added a further 6 species from the roof lining of the car!
I probably missed loads as we were rushing to pack away!
As always, there are several micro-moths pending including a few possible new species for me.
Acrocercops brongniardella was a new moth for me, and if Carpatolechia decorella and Endothenis ustulana get the ok, they will new for me aswell.
Here is the total list.
Macro Moths : 67 species
Micro Moths : 89 species
Total : 156 species
Catch Report - 23/07/19 - Home Wood - Bedfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total
Macro Moths
Black Arches
Blackneck
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Buff Arches
Clay
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Copper Underwing
Coxcomb Prominent
Dark Arches
Dark Umber
Dingy Footman
Double Square-spot
Drinker
Dun-bar
Dusky Sallow
Engrailed
Flame Shoulder
Green Pug
Haworth's Pug
July Highflyer
Large Twin-spot Carpet
Large Yellow Underwing
Latticed Heath
Least Carpet
Least Yellow Underwing
Leopard Moth
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lesser-spotted Pinion
Lime-speck Pug
Lunar-spotted Pinion
Maiden's Blush
Maple Prominent
Maple Pug
Mere Wainscot
Minor Shoulder-knot
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook-tip
Olive
Peppered Moth
Pine Hawk moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Ruby Tiger
Rustic
Satin Beauty
Scalloped Oak
Scarce Footman
Scorched Carpet
Shaded Broad-bar
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Slender Brindle
Small Dotted buff
Small Fan-footed Wave
Straw Dot
Swallow Prominent
Tree lichen Beauty
Uncertain
Waved Black
White Satin
Micro Moths
Acentria ephemerella
Acleris forsskaleana
Acleris holmiana
Acleris laterana comariana
Acleris notana ferrugana
Acrobasis advenella
Acrobasis consociella
Acrobasis repandana
Acrocercops brongniardella
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Anania hortulata
Anarsia innoxiella
Archips podana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia albistria
Blastobasis adustella
Blastobasis lacticolella
Borkhausenia fuscescens
Brachmia blandella
Bryotropha terrella
Bucculatrix ulmella
Calomotropha paludella
Caloptila alchimiella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Cameraria ohridella
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Catoptria falsella
Catoptria pinella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Cnephasia sp
Crambus pascuella
Crambus perlella
Crassa unitella
Cydia splendana
Ditula angustiorana
Elachista maculicerusella
Emmetia marginea
Endothenia ustulana??
Endotricha flammealis
Epagoge grotiana
Epiblema foenella
Epinotia abbreviana
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudemis profundana
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia pallida
Eulamprotes atrella
Euzophera pinguis
Grapholita janthinana
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Limnaecia phragmitrella
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Lyonetia clerkella
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla
Metalampra italica
Metzneria lappella
Monopis laevigella
Monopis obviella
Monopis weaverella
Myelois circumvoluta
Pammene fasciana
Pandemis corylana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Parornix sp
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Psoricoptera gibbosella
Pyrausta aurata
Recurvaria leucatella
Rhopobota naevana
Scoparia basistrigalis
Spilonota ocellana
Stathmopoda pedella
Stigmella sp
Tinea trinotella
Tortrix viridana
Yponomeuta plumbella
Yponomeuta rorrella
Ypsolopha sylvella
Ypsolopha ustella
Zeiraphera isertana
Zellaria hepariella