Friday 30 August 2013

An early morning at Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire - August 29, 2013

Dave had put his month trap out last night and so it was an early start to empty it.  Perhaps surprisingly we trapped 112 moths of twenty-two species one Feathered Gothic being a new species for us.

The following were recorded were trapped: Diamond-back Moth [1]; Garden Rose Tortrix [1]; Agriphila geniculea [7]; Eudonia angustea [1]; Mother of Pearl [2]; Lime-speck Pug [2]; Brimstone Moth [14]; Willow Beauty [1]; Flame Shoulder [1]; Large Yellow Underwing [16]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [4]; Lesser Broad-bodied Yellow Underwing [2]; Setaceous Hebrew Character [15]; Square-spot Rustic [22]; Cabbage Moth [1]l Feathered Gothic [2]; Centre-barred Sallow [11]; Copper Underwing [1]; Dark Arches [1]; Flounced Rustic [1]; Burnished Brass [1] and Silvery Y [5].


Agriphila geniculea


Cabbage Moth


Feathered Gothic


Feathered Gothic


Centre-barred Sallow


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