Saturday 18 May 2013

Woodland trapping

The garden trap has been virtually empty of late, just the odd Hebrew Character, so last night we ran a couple of traps in a local wood on behalf of the RSPB.  The traps were a 20W Actinic Heath and a 50W MV Skinner, both left all night, with a few additional moths netted during the course of the evening.

The full list, aggregated for both traps:


Iron Prominent - 1
Marbled Brown - 2 (NFY)
Brimstone - 2
Water Carpet - 1 (NFY)
Orange Footman - 2 (NFY)
Brown Silver-line - 5 (NFY)
Great Prominent - 9 (Lifer)
Red Twin-spot Carpet - 1 (NFY)
Maiden's Blush - 3 (NFY)
Nut-tree Tussock - 6
Oak-tree Pug - 1 (NFY)
Angle Shades - 2
Coxcomb Prominent - 3 (NFY)
Least Black Arches - 2
Lesser Swallow Prominent - 1 (NFY)
Nematopogon swammerdamella - 1(NFY)
Small Phoenix - 2 (NFY)
Clouded Drab - 1
Scalloed Hazel - 1 (NFY)
Scalloped Hook-tip - 1 (NFY)
Engrailed - 1
Early Thorn - 1
Common Quaker - 1
Silver Y - 1 (NFY)
Red-green Carpet - 1
Grey Birch - 1 (Lifer)

plus 4 pugs yet to be identified !

 Coxcomb Prominent
 Great Prominent
 Marbled Brown
Water Carpet


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