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Monday 21 July 2014

Busiest moth night of the year

Having returned from The Camargue, I was keen to set the trap up and see what changes had taken place during the time I was away. A late arrival home on the Friday meant I didn't set the trap until Saturday night and, by Sunday morning, I was overwhelmed with moths. So far: 143 moths of 59 species.
New for my records was a maple pug and, amazingly, a rare micro for Herts, with only 1 record up until 2006, Acrolepiopsis assectella. New for the year were small rivulet,  Endotricha flammealis, Plutella xylostella + plenty yet to identify were new for year micros. On the macro front: dark barred twin spot carpet, ruby tiger, common rustic, lesser common rustic, broad bordered yellow underwing, lesser broad bordered yellow underwing, magpie, dingy footman, yellowshell and pale prominent were all new for year. This takes my totals for this year to 162 macro species and 72+ micros.
broad bordered yellow underwing

pale prominent

lesser broad bordered yellow underwing

common rustic

small rivulet

ruby tiger.
Species list to date, with 6 still to identify:
Macros
17 riband wave
scorched carpet
3 smoky wainscot
2 small fan foot wave
Silver ground carpet
2 lesser yellow underwing
2 dark barred twin spot carpet
5 ruby tiger
Spectacle
3 straw dot
3 rustic
poplar hawkmoth
5 uncertain
3 common footman
6 single dot wave
5 common rustic
Clay
2 double square spot
5 lesser common rustic
3 nut tree tussock
purple thorn
2 Broad bordered yellow underwing
2 heart and dart
Blood vein
2 Magpie
5 least carpet
small rivulet
3 dark arches
Scarce footman
Oak hook tip
Dwarf cream wave
4 dingy footman
Lesser broad bordered yellow underwing
short cloaked moth
yellowshell
willow beauty
pale prominent.
Cloaked minor
maple pug

Micros, so far identified:
Aphomia sociella (bee moth)
Catoptria falsella
2 Yponomeuta evonymella (bird cherry ermine)
Hedya pruniana (plum tortrix)
3 Eudonia mercurella
Anania coronata 
Pterophorus pentadactyla (White plume moth)
2 Cydia pomonella (Codling moth)
Plutella xylostella (Diamond back moth)
Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of pearl)
2 Eudonia lacustrata
Acleris forsskaleanna
14 Chrysoteuchia culmella
Pandemis heparana
5 Endotricha flammealis.
Eucosma cana
2 Ditula angustiorana
Ancylis achatana
Catoptria falsella
Acrolepiopsis assectella (leek moth)


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