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Friday, 20 July 2012

Westland Green mothing 19.07.12

A night in a 6acre mature and natural garden in Westland Green last night. Huge numbers of moths with plenty new species for the parish record. Many thanks to Mary for permitting us access and being able to use 3 traps, skinner 125 MV, heath 15V and one other. In all, more than 150 macros of over 50 species, as follows: nfm = new for me, nfy is new for year.
These are in order as they came from the trap which ran all night. I was in attendance until 1 a.m. And returned at 5.45a.m.
1 light arches
14 common footman
1 small blood vein (nfm)
3 buff ermine
4 broad bordered yellow underwing
Small rivulet (nfm)
3 mother of pearl
2 peppered moth
1 blue bordered carpet (nfm)
2 smoky wainscot (nfm)
12 large yellow underwing
13 uncertain
8 mottled rustic
1 yellowtail (nfy)
1 beautiful golden y (nfy)
1 lime hawkmoth
5 dark arches
7 dunbar
3 heart and dart
6 rustic
5 swallowtail
1 elephant hawkmoth
6 scarce footman
2 beautiful hooktip
1 buff tip
3 cloaked minor (nfy)
2 snout
1 brimstone
1 mottled beauty
1 minor sp
2 spectacle
3 common rustic
2 privet hawkmoth
2 setaceous hebrew characters
10 double square spot
1 clouded border
1 pine hawkmoth
1 bright line brown eye
1 early thorn
3 v pug (nfy)
1 green pug
2 lesser yellow underwing
1 flame
1 flame shoulder
1 scalloped oak
2 buff arches (nfy)
2 small emerald
1 common emerald
1 buff footman (nfm)
1 blood vein
Several specimens still to have confirmation on them. All these were from the Skinner trap
At the heath trap:
4 dark arches
1 yellowtail
2 july highflyer
1 double square spot
5 common footman
1 uncertain
1 privet hawkmoth
1 ringed chinamark
1 broad bordered yellow underwing
Photos fromthe top:
July highflyer
Buff arches
Pine hawkmoth
Early thorn
Broad bordered yellow underwing
Small rivulet
Cloaked minor
Beautiful golden y
Hawkmoths on conifer bark
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