Sunday, July 10, 2005

National Moth Night

Ran traps in the garden and at Stibbington GP nature reserve. Some of the better pictures are here.

Stibbington GP, 15W Actinic
49 moths of 32 species
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 1
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 2
1016x Cnephasia sp. 1
1020 Grey Tortrix (Cnephasia stephensiana) 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1133 Epinotia bilunana 1
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 5
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 6
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. Remutata 1
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 1
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 2
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2030 Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) 3
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 1
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2197 Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea) 1
2314 Dingy Shears (Parastichtis ypsillon) 2
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 4
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 2
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 1

Garden, 125W MV
92 moths of 39 species
0441 Paraswammerdamia lutarea 1
0647 Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0862 Juniper Webber (Dichomeris marginella) 1
0905 Blastodacna hellerella 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 2
1016x Cnephasia sp. 1
1177 Epiblema rosaecolana 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 13
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1398 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. Remutata 4
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 3
1955 Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2047 Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 11
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 2
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 1
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 2
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 6
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 10
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 2
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 1
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 4
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 1
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 The Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis) 2
Black Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus humator) 1
Nicrophorus investigator 1


Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)


Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea)



Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)


Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)


Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)


Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)


Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)


Juniper Webber (Dichomeris marginella)



Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)


Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)


Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylea)


Phlyctaenia coronata


Lozotaeniodes formosanus


Nikon CP995

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