Monday 1 July 2013

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 30, 2013

Dave is away on holiday and had loaned me his moth trap, which I put out last night.

I caught and identified eight-nine moths of thirty-five species including two new species, Epinotia bilunana and Codling Moth.


Ash Bud Moth


Epinotia biluana


Codling Moth


Silver Ground-carpet


Clouded Silver

The following were trapped: Ash Bud Moth [1]; Brown House-moth [2]; Timothy Tortrix [1]; Celypha lacunana [2]; Epinotia trimaculana [1]; Codling Moth [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [8]; Crambus perlella [2]; Riband Wave [1]; Silver Ground-carpet [1]; Foxglove Pug [1]; Lime-speck Pug [1]; Common Pug [1]; Freyer’s Pug [1]; Peppered Moth [5]; Clouded Silver [2]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; Common Footman [1]; Buff Ermine [2]; Heart and Dart [21]; Flame [1]; Large Yellow Underwing [1]; Double Square-spot [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [2]; Shoulder-striped Wainscot [2]; Dark Arches [5]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Marbled Minor group [6]; Common Rustic group [2]; Uncertain [3]; Rustic [1] and Spectacle [1].

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