Most of the families had left by 8.30 and with little flying we spent time chatting and potting insects on the sheets next to the traps. Two members of Bishop's Stortford Camera Club spent time photographing potted moths.
We eventually began checking and emptying the traps around 11pm and had completed this and packed up just after midnight. In all 140 moths, with 3 to dissect to ascertain species.
List as follows
- Emmetia marginea (New for parish records)
- 2 Anthophila fabricana
- Plutella xylostella
- Yposolopha horridella (new for 2016)
- Carcina quercana
- Agonopterix arenella
- 2 Clepsis consimilana
- Acleris variegana
- 5 Acleris emargana
- 8 Epinotia nisella
- Eudonia pallida
- Emmelina monodactyla
- Scrobipalpa costella
- Celypha lacunana
- 5 Common marbled carpet
- 2 Green carpet
- 4 Brimstone
- Dusky thorn
- Willow beauty
- 6 Large yellow underwing
- 10 Setaceous hebrew character
- 25 Square spot rustic
- 8 Brindled green
- Centre barred sallow
- Barred sallow (new for 2016)
- Pink barred sallow
- Sallow (new for 2016)
- 5 Angle shades
- 35 Snout
- red green carpet
- 2 Light emerald
These additions take to total for 2016 on the 15.09.16 to 236 macro species and 217 micro species. With a little hard work and some leaf mining expeditions, should get 500 species for the year.
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| Locals out for a moth night. Great to have so many along. |
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| Sallow: great camoflauge |
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| The second form of sallow |
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| Barred sallow |
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| Both sallows |
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| Lunar underwing, taken at the home trap on 15.09.16 |
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| Eared leafhopper: (Ledra aurita) |
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| Acleris variegana |
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| Centre barred sallow |
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| Acleris emargana |
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| Brindled green |
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| Ypsolopha horridella (not a common moth for Herts) |
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