National Moth Week: Little Hadham Moth Night 23.07.15

Graeme, Steve and I set up a series of 6 traps throughout Millennium Wood near Bury Green TL447216 and were ready to start netting at dusk. We had a good turn out of 6 locals who had come to see what we were catching. The weather was spot on, having been sunny all day and the evening turning overcast. A mild evening somewhere around 14C meant there were plenty of moths attracted to the sheets, traps and head torches.

Graeme and I sorting out a tricky identification

Still pondering

and still!!

With so many additions to both parish and year lists, thought it worth checking the numbers:
2015: 3310 moths trapped for 2015
2015 micro species: 164
2015 macro species: 169
Total moth species for 2015: 333. This already beats last year's total of 331!
Total macros for parish: 298 species
Total micros for parish:221 species.
Total moths caught in Little Hadham parish: 519 species.

Huge thanks to Graeme for the dissections of the rarer and tricky micros and thanks to all who turned up and helped catch and empty traps. A thoroughly enjoyable evening. Next one: Wednesday 26th August. Venue to be confirmed, but planning on seeking permission for a new site within the parish.
The results as we emptied the traps around 11.30 were really pleasing: 401 moths of 86 species. Not a bad return for such a pleasant evening.

Agapeta hamana

Agriphila straminella

Argyresthia bonnetella

barred yellow

Yponomeuta evonymella

Flame shoulder

Large yellow underwing

Peppered moth

Dark arches

Black arches

• 1 Nemapogon cloacella
• 1 Argyresthia bonnatella (NFY)
• 8 Yponomeuta evonymella
• 1 Yponomeuta plumbella (NFY)
• 1 Paraswammerdamia nebulella
• 1 Coleophora lutipennella (NFM)
• 1 Batia unitella
• 8 Carcina quercana
• 3 Agonopterix heracliana
• 1 Metzneria metzneriella (NFM)
• 10 Limnaecia phragmitella (NFY)
• 6 Agapeta hamana
• 2 Pandemis heparana
• 1 Archips podana
• 3 Archips rosana (NFM)
• 1 Choritoneura hebenstreitella (NFM)
• 1 Epagoge grotiana (NFM)
• 1 Ditula angustiorana
• 1 Cnephasia genitalana (NFM)
• 2 Acleris forsskaleana
• 1 Acleris aspersana (NFM)
• 2 Hedya nubiferana
• 1 Eudemis profundana
• 1 Rhopobota naevana
• 2 Zeiraphera isertana (NFM)
• 3 Gypsonoma dealbana
• 1 Epiblema foenella (NFM)
• 1 Eucosma cana
• 1 Spilonota ocellana
• 1 Calamotropha paludella (NFY)
• 20 Chrysoteuchia culmella
• 1 Crambus perlella
• 80 Agriphila straminella
• 2 Catoptria falsella
• 1 Scoparia ambigualis
• 3 Scoparia bastistrigalis (NFM)
• 3 Eudonia mercurella
• 1 Anania hortulata
• 25 Pleuropyta ruralis
• 2 Endotricha flammealis
• 1 Acrobasis consociella (NFM)
• 1 Phycita roborella (NFM)
• 1 Pterophorus pentadactyla
• 2 Emmelina monodactyla
• 2 drinker
• 3 least carpet
• 15 small fan footed wave
• 3 dwarf cream wave
• 3 single dotted wave
• 4 riband wave
• 5 large twin spot carpet
• 8 yellowshell
• 1 barred yellow
• 30 july highflyer
• 3 green pug
• 1 double striped pug
• 1 small yellow wave
• 1 magpie moth
• 1 clouded border
• 1 scorched carpet
• 3 brimstone moth
• 1 canary shouldered thorn (NFM)
• 1 Scalloped oak
• 1 peppered moth (NFY)
• 1 common white wave
• 1 buff tip
• 4 yellowtail
• 1 black arches (NFY)
• 10 dingy footman
• 2 buff footman
• 1 flame shoulder
• 9 large yellow underwing
• 1 lesser yellow underwing (NFY)
• 3 lesser broad bordered yellow underwing (NFY)
• 8 double square spot
• 5 clay
• 15 dun-bar
• 9 dark arches
• 1 dusky sallow
• 4 uncertain
• 1 mottled rustic
• 1 silver Y
• 1 spectacle
• 1 herald
• 15 snout
• 1 fan-foot.