Wednesday 10 July 2013

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - July 8, 2013

I put the moth trap again last night and today there were 162 identifiable moths of fifty species recorded; my best day in my garden and two new species.


The following were trapped: Borkhausenia fuscescens [1]; Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix [1]; Timothy Tortrix [2]; Light Brown Apple Moth [2]; Aleimma loeflingiana [1]; Green Oak Tortrix [1]; Celypha lacunana [1]; Plum Tortrix [1]; Marble Orchard Tortrix [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [28]; Crambus pascuella [3]; Scoparia ambigualis [1]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Small Magpie [1]; Udea olivalis [1]; Bee Moth [2]; Riband Wave [2]; Silver-ground Carpet [1]; Garden Carpet [2]; Barred Yellow [1]; Foxglove Pug [1]; Common Pug [2]; Green Pug [2]; Brimstone Moth [1]; Scalloped Hazel [1]; Swallow-tailed Moth [2]; Peppered Moth [3]; Willow Beauty [7]; Privet Hawkmoth [1]; Poplar Hawkmoth [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; Small Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; Buff-tip [1]; Buff Ermine [2]; Heart and Dart [10]; Flame [5]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Dot Moth [3]; Bright-line Brown-eye [2]; Sycamore [1]; Dagger sp. [1]; Marbled Beauty [2]; Dark Arches [21]; Large Nutmeg [2]; Marbled Minor Sp. [6]; Uncertain [7]; Rustic [5]; Green-bordered Green Pea [1]; Plain Golden Y [2] and Snout [1].


Aleimma loeflingiana


Green Oak Tortrix


Plum Tortrix


Marbled Orchard Tortrix


Green Pug


Swallow-tailed Moth


Privet Hawk-moth


Privet Hawk-moth


Elephant Hawk-moth


Small Elephant Hawk-moth


Small Elephant Hawk-moth


Small Elephant Hawk-moth


Buff-tip


Cabbage Moth


Sycamore


Dark Arches

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