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Tuesday 7 July 2015

Records are there to be broken.

On 30th June I recorded 96 moths of 52 species, at the time a record for an evening trapping in the garden. However, last night was going to be a good one, warm temperatures and overcast sky. Consequently, I stayed up, potting as many as possible until 1.30am and then returned at just after 5a.m. Indeed, a high count, but it wasn't until I had identified the last moth by mid morning that I realised I had processed 102 moths of an amazing 56 species. A new all time high and one that surely is going to be hard to beat.
However, given such a good number, there were only 4 new for the year species: Udea prunalis and Notocelia uddermanniana in the micros and Vine's rustic and Brown line bright eye in the macro group.
All the other were indeed regulars, they just all turned up at once.

Macro list:

  • mottled pug
  • swallow tailed moth
  • common emerald
  • 2 common footman
  • Brown line bright eye (NFY)
  • Clouded border
  • Blood vein
  • Bright eye brown line
  • 3 willow beauty
  • 4 Riband wave
  • snout
  • 2 Dwarf cream wave
  • dark arches
  • 3 Single dotted wave
  • Elephant hawkmoth
  • Common white wave
  • 2 Rustic
  • 3 treble brown spot
  • 2 engrailed
  • heart and dart
  • drinker
  • marbled minor
  • buff ermine
  • scalloped oak
  • 3 beautiful hooktip
  • flame
  • 2 Clay
  • Common wave
  • Common wainscot
  • mottled rustic
  • Vine's rustic (NFY)
  • July highflier
  • clouded brindle
49 macros of 33 species

Micro list:

  • 6 Emmelina monodactyla
  • 2 Udea prunalis (NFY)
  • 5 Anania hortulata
  • 2 Hedya nubiferana
  • Eucosma cana
  • Archips podana
  • Udea olivalis
  • 5 Cydia pomonella
  • 5 Celypha lacunana
  • 4 Chrysoteuchia culmella
  • Eudonia mercurella
  • 6 Scoparia lacustrata
  • 2 Aphomia sociella
  • Carcina quercana
  • Notocelia uddermanniana (NFY)
  • Tinea semifulvella
  • Eucosma obumbratana
  • Endotricha flammealis
  • Pandemis corylana
  • Clepsis consimilana
  • 2 Hedya pruniana
  • Scoparaia pyralella
  • 2 Celypha rosaceana
53 micros of 23 species.
Clouded brindle

July highflier

Udea prunalis

Brown line bright eye

elephant hawkmoth
Blood vein

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1 comment:

  1. Bennyboymothman8 July 2015 at 07:35

    Incredible catch Jono.
    I may be able to help out with the millenium wood trapping effort, when will it be?
    No that you are on the group, send the details round when you plan on going.

    Cheers
    Ben

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