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Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - Field Trip - 17/07/14I was joined by David and Roger to Roughdown Common on a very favourable evening weatherwise.We had hit 33 degrees earlier on and as we arrived at Roughdown to start setting up, it was still a heady 25 degrees at 9pm!We did know of storms that were expected early morning, I thought we would be packed up and long gone before they turned up.As the evening went on it got very breezy indeed and this did hamper the catch somewhat...luckily we were just packing up the last trap at 2am when a flash of lightning caught our attention coming in on a Southerly from London.With traps all packed up it was a brisk walk back to the car...most of the gear was loaded and then the heavens opened.The moths were represented by most species but in relatively low numbers for the time of year.I was very very nice to see so many Dark Umbers, Brown Scallops and Maple Pugs.Highlight of the night was a new micro for us all, Metalampra italica a possible accidental introduction in 2003 is responsible for this and all previous records as it was only known in the past from Italy!Catch Report - 17/07/14 Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.96 Macros and 80 Micros (176 species)Macro Moths1x Beautiful Hook-tip2x Black Arches2x Bright-line Brown-eye4x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing6x Brown Scallop2x Brown-line Bright-eye1x Brown-tail2x Buff Arches4x Buff Footman3x Clay3x Cloaked Minor5x Clouded Border1x Clouded Brindle8x Clouded Silver3x Common Carpet2x Common Emerald5x Common Rustic2x Common White Wave10x Coronet8x Dark Arches10x Dark Umber2x Dingy shears1x Dot Moth4x Double Square-spot 1x Drinker2x Dun-bar1x Dusky Brocade3x Early Thorn2x Elephant Hawk-moth1x Fan-foot 1x Fern1x Flame2x Flame Shoulder 2x Ghost Moth2x Green Pug1x Grey Dagger4x Haworth's Pug1x Heart & Club4x Heart & Dart 4x July Highflyer2x Large Yellow Underwing2x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing1x Lesser Yellow Underwing1x Light Arches1x Light Emerald 1x Lime-speck Pug2x Maple Prominent10x Maple Pug2x Marbled Minor1x Miller3x Mottled Beauty2x Nut-tree Tussock1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Pale Prominent2x Peach Blossom1x Pebble Prominent3x Peppered Moth1x Phoenix1x Pine Hawk-moth 1x Poplar Grey1x Poplar Hawk-moth3x Pretty Chalk Carpet1x Purple Bar2x Red Twin-spot Carpet5x Riband Wave 4x Ruby Tiger1x Rustic2x Scalloped Oak1x Scarce Footman1x Scarce Silver-lines1x Scorched Carpet2x Shaded Broad-bar2x Shuttle-shaped Dart1x Single-dotted Wave1x Six-spot Burnet1x Slender Brindle1x Small Angle Shades2x Small Emerald2x Small Fan-foot10x Small Fan-footed Wave4x Small Rivulet2x Smoky Wainscot2x Snout2x Spectacle5x Swallow-tailed Moth1x Sycamore1x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Tawny Speckled Pug6x Tree-lichen Beauty3x Uncertain1x Vapourer Moth1x White-spotted Pug1x Willow Beauty1x Wormwood Pug1x Yellow ShellMicro Moths1x Metalampra italica [NEW!]6x Blastobasis laticolella2x Blastobasis adustella 5x Pleuroptya ruralis3x Agapeta hamana10+ Agapeta zoegana2x Coleophora sp2x Cydia splendana1x Agonopterix heracliana sp1x Hypatima rhomboidella2x Zeiraphera isertana1x Parornix sp2x Eudemis profundana1x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1x Eurrhypara hortulata 20+ Chrysoteuchia culmella1x Agonopterix arenella 1x Pandemis cerasana 4x Pandemis heparana1x Pandemis corylana1x Homoeosoma sinuella2x Hofmannophila pseudospretella2x Phycita roborella 2x Celypha lacunana 1x Archips podana 1x Hedya nubiferana 7x Aleimma loeflingiana2x Epinotia demarniana 3x Eudonia mercurella 12x Cnephasia sp 2x Coleophora sp2x Ditula angustiorana 3x Dipleurina lacustrata10+ Eucosma cana3x Batia unitella 5x Acleris forsskaleana2x Argyresthia albistria20+ Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Eucosma obumbratana2x Aspilapteryx tringipennella2x Bucculatrix nigricomella 1x Rhopobota naevana1x Epiblema costipunctana1x Teleiodes vulgella 2x Carcina quercana 1x Pterophorus pentadactyla4x Catoptria falsella1x Oncocera semirubella 2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 5x Endotricha flammealis1x Stigmella sp3x Ancylis badiana4x Yponomeuta evonymella1x Phlyctaenia coronata2x Limnaecia phragmitella2x Syncopacma sp2x Plutella xylostella1x Gypsonoma dealbana 2x Spilonota ocellana1x Agriphila straminella2x Crambus perlella2x Dichomeris marginella 2x Eucosma campoliliana 10x Aethes rubigana1x Aethes cnicana2x Batia lunaris 2x Udea prunalis2x Clepsis consimilana1x Pammene fasciana1x Epinotia nisella2x Acentria ephemerella1x Recurvaria leucatella2x Catoptria pinella2 Epiblema uddmmaniana1 Cochylimorpha straminea 1x Eudonia pallida 2x Archips xylosteana 10+ Celypha striana 5x Scoparia ambigualis 2x Yponomeuta evonymella
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We had easier access this time to Bovingdon via a gate the otherside of the site and decided tosetup 4 traps as usual.The weather was warm and mild, and only hampered by the fact that it was a clear night with quitea bright moon (which set at 2.00am) Interestingly after the moon had set, moths were evidentlyflying in far greater numbers. As we were packing up it was a little chilly at the lower points ofthe site.It was still business as usual with lots and lots of moths, particularly micros.We were very pleased to get 3 Garden Tigers, our target species for the night. We also managed 15+ Coronets and 2 Purple Clays.Good micros were the Depressid, Agonopterix kaekeritziana, 10+ Pyrausta purpuralis and a singleexample of the scarce Thiotricha subocellea.18/07/13 - Bovingdon Brick Pits - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Trap run from 9.45pm until 2.30amMacro Moths2x Angle Shades5x Beautiful Hook-tip1x Blue-bordered Carpet8x Bordered Sallow2x Bright-line Brown-eye2x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing5x Brown-line Bright-eye10x Buff Arches4x Buff Footman2x Burnished Brass1x Cinnabar8x Clay1x Clay Triple-lines1x Clouded Border1x Clouded Brindle20x Clouded Silver2x Common Carpet3x Common Emerald5x Common Footman2x Common Marbled Carpet3x Common Rustic1x Common Wainscot4x Common White Wave15x Coronet10x Dark Arches2x Dingy Footman1x Dingy Shears6x Dot Moth10x Double Square-spot2x Drinker1x Dun-bar1x Dusky Brocade2x Dwarf Cream Wave2x Early Thorn5X Elephant Hawk-moth1x Engrailed2x Fan-foot6x Flame5x Flame Shoulder1x Garden Carpet3x Garden Tiger5x Ghost Moth4x Green Pug1x Grey Dagger2x Heart & Club10x Heart & Dart1x Iron Prominent6x July Highflyer3x Large Twin-spot Carpet3x Large Yellow Underwing1x Least Yellow Underwing1x Leopard Moth2x Light Arches5x Light Emerald1x Lime-speck Pug1x Lobster Moth5x Marbled Minor3x Marbled White Spot3x Miller5x Mottled Beauty2x Mottled Rustic2x Oak Nycteoline2x Peach Blossom8x Peppered Moth1x Phoenix2x Plain Golden-Y2x Poplar Grey1x Poplar Hawk-moth1x Privet Hawk-moth2x Purple Clay1x Red Twin-spot Carpet10x Riband Wave1x Ruby Tiger8x Rustic1x Scalloped Oak3x Scarce Footman1x Setaceous Hebrew Character3x Shaded Broad-bar5x Shaded Pug1x Short-cloaked Moth5x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Silver-Y1x Single-dotted Wave1x Slender Brindle2x Slender Pug1x Small Angle Shades2x Small Elephant Hawk-moth1x Small Emerald1x Small Fan-foot2x Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small Rivulet2x Small Yellow Wave5x Snout1x Spectacle5x Straw Dot10x Swallow-tailed Moth2x Sycamore2x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Treble Brown Spot2x Uncertain3x V-Pug2x Willow Beauty2x Yellow ShellMicro MothsAgonopterix kaekeritziana [NEW!]Thiotricha subocellea [NEW!]Aleimma loeflingianaArchips podanaCelypha lacunanaCnephasia spCochylis hybridellaCrambus pascuellaCrambus lathoniellusAgriphila straminellaPandemis cerasanaPandemis heparanaAcleris forsskaleanaMarasmarcha lunaedactylaEuzophera pinguisScoparia ambigualisScoparia pyralellaEpiblema UddmannianaEucosma canaAcleris schallerianaPyrausta purpuralisHedya prunianaHedya nubiferanaCatoptria falsellaPhlyctaenia coronataPhycitodes binaevellaDitula angustioranaChrysoteuchia culmellaUdea olivalisPlutella xylostellaEucosma hohenwartianaDipleurina lacustrataEndotricha flammealisAethes cnicanaTeleoides vulgellaPhycita roborellaLozotaeniodes formosanusBlastodacna hellerellaPleuroptya ruralisLathronympha striganaArchips xylosteanaMompha epilobiellaYponomeuta eveonymellaEmmelina monodactylaMetzneria metzneriellaEudonia pallidaPterophorus pentadactylaEpiblema rosaecolanaCrambus perlella
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Dorsal.Nontype
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Braughing Farmland - East Herts
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Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - Field TripDavid, Steve and myself made a trip to Bovingdon Brickworks on Thursday night to see what we could attract to the lamps.The day had been perfect with sunny intervals, plenty of cloud cover and a high of 27 degrees. The forecast was for clear skies towards the evening and this was indeed the case.With a near full moon we were just hoping that it was warm enough for the moths to emerge and venture out from the undergrowth.Indeed it was! With the temperature staying relatively mild and the car sensor still reading 13 degrees at 2.30am.The catch was phenomenal, plenty of species, but what made it even better was the sheer amount of some species of moths, some numbering well over 40 individuals, so numbers below are as close as I could record.Highlight for me was my first Gypsonoma oppressana.4 Green Arches and 2 Purple Clays were also great additions.It was also fantastic to see so many Cinnabar's (24).It just goes to show how important this site is for wildlife and on this occasion, Moths! Catch Report - 12/06/14 - Bovingdon Brickworks - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.86 Macros and 46 Micros (132 species)Macro Moths6x Angle Shades1x Beautiful Golden-Y3x Beautiful Hook-tip2x Bright-line Brown-eye8x Brimstone Moth6x Brown Rustic1x Brown Silver-line3x Buff Arches4x Buff Ermine1x Buff-tip2x Burnished Brass24x Cinnabar2x Clouded Border40+ Clouded Silver1x Clouded-bordered Brindle2x Common Carpet1x Common Emerald2x Common Footman10x Common Marbled Carpet5x Common Pug6x Common Swift1x Common Wave1x Common White Wave8x Coronet3x Dark Arches10x Double Square-spot1x Dusky Brocade2x Elephant Hawk-moth3x Engrailed1x Eyed Hawk-moth1x Figure of Eighty5x Flame1x Flame Carpet6x Flame Shoulder1x Foxglove Pug5x Freyer's Pug1x Garden Carpet4x Green Arches1x Green Carpet2x Green Pug5x Green Silver-lines10x Grey Pug10x Heart & Dart20x Ingrailed Clay2x July Highflyer1x Large Nutmeg8x Large Yellow Underwing1x Light Brocade5x Light Emerald2x Lobster Moth1x Maple Prominent10x Marbled Minor1x Middle-barred Minor5x Mottled Beauty1x Mottled Pug4x Mottled Rustic1x Nutmeg2x Orange Footman2x Pale Prominent1x Pale Tussock4x Peach Blossom1x Pebble Hook-tip3x Peppered Moth1x Poplar Grey2x Poplar Hawk-moth2x Purple Clay1x Red Twin-spot Carpet3x Riband Wave3x Rustic Shoulder-knot8x Scorched Wing2x Setaceous Hebrew Character5x Shoulder-striped Wainscot5x Silver-ground Carpet7x Small Angle Shades2x Small Elephant Hawk-moth3x Small Fan-foot1x Small Phoenix1x Small Square-spot3x Snout40+ Straw Dot2x Tawny Marbled Minor3x Treble Lines1x Uncertain3x White Ermine1x White-pinion Spotted5x Willow BeautyMicro Moths1x Gypsonoma oppressana [NEW!]1x Gypsonoma dealbana3x Crambus pascuella10x Crambus lathoniellus1x Nemapogon cloacella1x Phlyctaenia perlucidalis1x Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla2x Hedya nubiferana5x Hedya pruniana2x Coleophora sp20+ Cochylimorpha straminea1x Mompha propinquella1x Mompha raschkiella5x Metzneria metzneriella12x Pandemis heparana5x Pandemis cerasana2x Aphomia sociella10x Scoparia ambigualis2x Scoparia pyralella1x Scoparia subfusca 2x Eudonia pallida2x Dipleurina lacustrata30+ Pseudargyrotoza conwagana2x Celypha lacunana5x Udea olivalis1x Anthophila fabriciana1x Phyllonorycter harrisella5x Cnephasia sp2x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Strophedra weirana5x Epiblema cynosbatella5x Epiblema trimaculana2x Epiblema uddmanniana2x Agapeta hamana1x Caloptilia syringella5x Evergestis forficalis1x Eucosma cana2x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Eucosma conterminana2x Tortrix viridana1x Archips podana1x Yponomeuta evonymella 1x Emmetia marginea5x Cochylis atricapitana1x Prays fraxinella/ruficeps1x Unknown Gelechid
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Hexton Chalk Pit Field Trip report - 21/05/14Another trip out last night, and I was debating for hours beforehand whether to chance it because of the forecast heavy rain, supposedly starting at around 7pm.I got to Hexton at 8.30pm and the sky was clearing slightly which I thought was odd but the temperature was a steady 15 degrees.I was quite surprised at how much the vegetation had grown up since my last visit 6 weeks ago, it was lovely seeing all the wildflowers at knee height now.I proceeded to setup and decided on running 3 lights.The moths started to fly almost instantly and well before dusk...maybe they knew something that I didn't!First to the light were loads of Common Swifts, oodles of Green Carpet and swarms of Cochylimorpha straminea.The species were steady coming to the light, then all hell broke loose and there was some big stuff coming in, lots of Pale Tussocks, a female Poplar Hawk-moth, Lime Hawk-moth, Elephant Hawk-moth and by the end of the session 9 Small Elephant Hawk-moth!A few chalk specialities turned up, notably Pretty Chalk Carpet and Shaded Pug, and then the heavens opened! Everything was soaked and it was a real mission packing up and using my coat to cover the generator! All good fun and games.There was also a small flurry of migrant activity with Silver-Y and Plutella xylostella turning up, no doubt off of the South-westerly winds. The Light Feathered Rustic did not turn up.Catch Report - Hexton Chalk Pit - 09/04/14 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson TrapLights run from 9.00pm until 11.00pmMacro Moths25+ Green Carpet1x Common Carpet1x Barred Hook-tip2x Silver-ground Carpet20+ Common Swift3x Chinese Character3x Grey Pug3x Marbled White spot4x White Ermine1x Small Waved Umber5x Small Phoenix8x Pale Tussock1x Purple Bar8x Flame Shoulder 5x Red Twin-spot Carpet1x Pretty Chalk Carpet9x Small Elephant Hawk-moth1x Lime Hawk-moth1x Poplar Hawk-moth1x Elephant Hawk-moth5x Common Pug2x Mottled Pug10x Shaded Pug3x Treble Lines1x Angle Shades1x Oak-tree Pug1x Setaceous Hebrew Character8x Brimstone Moth1x V-pug5x Clouded Silver1x Silver-Y1x Marbled Minor2x Waved Umber1x Common Marbled Carpet1x Light Brocade3x ShearsMicro Moths1x Celypha lacunana10x Elachista argentella15+ Scoparia ambigualis1x Monpis weaverella1x Nematopogon schwarziellus1x Endrosis sarcitrella1x Pschye casta1x Plutella xylostella40+ Cochylimorpha straminea5x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana5x Epiblema rosaecolana1x Metzneria metzneriella
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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ERDB last seen in Hatfield Forest 1992Thorndon Country Park, Brentwood
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Up to Beds! Home Wood - Field Trip - 02/07/14Hi allLast night I joined Matt and Trent (Or Lionel, confused.com lol), at Home Wood near Biggelswade in Bedfordshire, hopping Counties for the first time this year (in fact I shall be travelling to Essex tonight, two Counties in as many days).Conditions were absolutely spot on with dominant cloud cover and a warm sultry temperature we set about our business to cover a nice wide area of the woodland.But before that we had to do a spot of tractor pulling.. well van, as Trent's van got stuck in the mud (I wonder if that piece of rope ever came off the tow-bar?)The evening started well with plenty of micros and Geometers turning up first to the sheet.Then at about 11pm it all went a bit mental really, the traps that we had left wee teeming with moths, you could barely see the trap underneath them, peering into the skinner actinic was like something out of a tropical rainforest catch and inhalation was definitely not a good idea at this point!I have yet to write the list up as I have spent all morning photographing all of the moths which hasn't been easy with the warm weather and wind.I think we must be knocking on the door of 200 species of Macro and Micro for the night.Acleris kochiella, Assara terebrella, Eulamprotes atrella, Acleris holmiana, Hedya ochroleucana, Larch Pug, Mere Wainscot, Olindia schumacherana and Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana were new for meSo here are a few beauties from last night, mainly micros and several were new to me.I wonder if we get a first for Bedfordshire out of all the things we potted, and the sack load of tubes heading David Manning's way.Catch Report - 02/07/14 - Home Wood - Nr.Biggleswade - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.Numbers below are approximate106 Macros and 67 Micros ( 173 species)Macro Moths2x Barred Red2x Barred Straw1x Barred Yellow5x Beautiful Hook-tip1x Black Arches1x Blackneck2x Blood-vein2x Bright-line Brown-eye5x Brimstone Moth1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing4x Brown Rustic1x Brown Scallop1x Brown-line Bright-eye2x Brown-tail5x Buff Arches10+ Buff Footman3x Buff-tip1x Burnished Brass1x Chinese Character1x Cinnabar2x Clay20+ Clouded Border2x Clouded Brindle30+ Clouded Silver1x Clouded-bordered Brindle 1x Common Carpet3x Common Footman1x Common Pug2x Common Rustic1x Common Swift2x Common Wave10+ Common White Wave1x Coxcomb Prominent10+ Dark Arches2x Dingy Footman1x Dingy Shears1x Dingy Shell1x Double-striped Pug10+ Dun-bar15+ Dwarf Cream Wave1x Early Thorn1x Elephant Hawk-moth2x Engrailed5x Fan-foot1x Flame1x Garden Carpet1x Ghost Moth4x Green Pug1x Green Silver-lines2x Grey Pug1x Haworth's Pug3x Heart & Club3x Heart & Dart2x July Highflyer1x Larch Pug20+ Large Twin-spot Carpet5x Large Yellow Underwing1x Leopard Moth5x Light Emerald1x Lunar-spotted Pinion1x Maiden's Blush1x Map-winged Swift2x Maple Prominent5x Marbled Minor10+ Marbled White Spot3x Mere Wainscot10+ Mottled Beauty2x Oak Nycteoline2x Peach Blossom5x Peppered Moth1x Pine Hawk-moth1x Poplar Grey1x Poplar Hawk-moth2x Pretty Chalk Carpet1x Privet Hawk-moth1x Purple Bar15+ Riband Wave1x Rustic1x Satin Beauty2x Scarce Footman2x Scarce Silver-lines2x Setaceous Hebrew Character3x Shaded Broad-bar1x Shears3x Short-cloaked Moth5x Single-dotted Wave2x Slender Brindle5x Small Dotted Buff5x Small Fan-foot25+ Small Fan-footed Wave1x Small Phoenix5x Smoky Wainscot10+ Snout1x Spectacle1x Spruce Carpet15+ Straw Dot2x Swallow-tailed Moth1x Sycamore2x Tawny Marbled Minor1x Tawny-barred Angle4x Treble Brown Spot2x Uncertain1x V-Pug2x White Satin Moth1x Wormwood Pug8x Yellow-tailMicro MothsAcleris holmiana 1Acleris laterana/comariana 1Acleris kochiella 1Aethes rubigana 1Agapeta hamana 10+Agapeta zoegana 3Agriphila straminella 3Aleimma loeflingiana 50+Ancylis achatana 2Apotomis capreana 1Archips crataegana 5Archips podana 2Archips xylosteana 2Argyresthia albistria 1Argyresthia brockeella 2Argyresthia goedartella 1Assara terebrella 1Batia lunaris 1Batia unitella 3Blastobasis lacticolella 2Blastodacna hellerella 2Bryotropha terrella 5Catoptria pinella 1Celypa lacunana 8Celypa striana 5Chrysoteuchia culmella 10Cochylis hybridella 2Conobathra repandana 10Crambus lathoniellus 1Crambus pascuella 3Cryptoblabes bistriga 1Dipleurina lacustrata 2Ditula angustiorana 5Endrosis sarcitella 1Ephestia parasitellaEpiblema uddmanniana 3Epinotia bilunana 1Epinotia brunnichana 3Eucosma cana 5Eucosma hohenwartiana 1Eucosma obumbratana 10Eudemis profundana 1Eulamprotes atrellaGypsonoma dealbana 1Gypsonoma sociana 1Hedya ochroleucanaHedya pruniana 5Hedya salicella 1Hofmannophila pseudospretella 2Olindia schumacherana 5Orthopygia glaucinalis 2Pammene fasciana 1Pandemis cerasana 10+Pandemis heparana 2Paraswammerdamia nebulella 3Phycitodes binaevella 1Pleuroptya ruralis 10Prays fraxinella 5Pterophorus pentadactyla 2Rhopobota naevana 2Scoparia ambigualis 5Scoparia basistrigalis 8Spilonota ocellana 2Syncopacma larseniella sp 5Tortrix viridana 5Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana 1Zeiraphera isertana 10
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Gladsaxe Municipality, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A muggy and drizzly nightNot last night, but the previous night, after a nice warm day and highs of nigh on 23 degrees, the sky clouded over as I was just debating whether to run the trap on the third consecutive night...I did indeed as the conditions looked perfect.A few more additions to the garden year list, Slender Pug and Teleiodes vulgella was the pick of the bunch.Ingrailed Clay seems to have stopped now and Dark Arches is probably going to increase now, Bright-line Brown-eye still having a cracking year and 5 examples of Common White Wave is the most I have ever recorded in one trap before.Also a second brood Engrailed was found on the side of the trap, the slightly early date of this second brood could suggest a third brood may be recorded in August.Also of interest, I haven't recorded Pandemis cerasana or heparana this year yet (both recorded last year) but I got my first corylana last night, suggesting I may have missed these two common species this year.Will try trapping again tonight, after a break last night (cool and clear)Catch Report - 17/06/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson TrapMacro Moths1x Slender Pug [NFY]1x Double Square-spot [NFY]4x Dark Arches3x Dot Moth1x Green Pug2x Freyer's Pug2x Large Yellow Underwing3x Common Footman1x Engrailed 2x Flame Shoulder 12x Mottled Rustic 22x Heart & Dart1x Poplar Hawk-moth1x Flame2x Grey Pug 2x Light Emerald 2x Marbled Minor2x Green Silver-lines 2x Garden Carpet 7x Brown Rustic 1x Vine's Rustic1x Clouded Silver1x Clouded Border1x Spectacle1x Maiden's Blush1x Orange Footman5x Common White Wave1x Common Swift1x Mottled Beauty6x Bright-line Brown-eye8x Uncertain1x Pale Mottled Willow1x Large NutmegMicro Moths 1x Epiblema uddmanniana [NFY]1x Endotricha flammealis [NFY]1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla [NFY]1x Blastobasis lacticolella [NFY]1x Archips xylosteana [NFY]1x Pandemis corylana [NFY]1x Teleiodes vulgella [NFY]5x Tortrix viridana2x Dipleurina lacustrata1 Emmelina monodactyla 1x Epiphyas postvittana 4x Celypha lacunana1x Hedya nubiferana 1x Udea olivalis1x Udea prunalis 3x Aphomia sociella 4x Aleimma loeflingiana 3x Chrysoteuchia culmella 3x Scoparia ambigualis
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 6142:1
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A trip down to Dungeness in Kent on Saturday night proved to be the coolest conditions we have experienced for a while, with clear skies, bright moon and misty air coming from the sea. As you can imagine it wasn't great and the moths were few and far between, but I did manage a few new ones for me. Yellow Belle, Pale Grass Eggar, Antler Moth, Celypha cespitana, Aroga velocella and Cynaeda dentalis were all new for me. There are still some Bactra's to confirm and a few unidentified micros to sort out.All in all despite the catastrophic weather I was pleased to pick up some new ones.