Wednesday 24 June 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 21, 2015

The moth trap was out again last night and sixty-two moths of twenty-nine species were trapped and identified, twelve of which were new for the year.


The following were recorded: Light Brown Apple Moth [2]; Celypha striana [1]; Bee Moth [1]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [1]; Crambus pascuella [1]; Pebble Hook-tip [1]; Figure of Eighty [1]; Green Pug [3]; Lime-speck Pug [2]; Freyer's Pug [1]; Common Pug [1]; Mottled Pug [1]; Scorched Wing [1]; Brimstone Moth [3]; Peppered Moth [2]; Willow Beauty [4]; Light Emerald [1]; Straw Dot [3]; Common Footman [1]; Silver Y [1]; Rustic [1]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Dark Arches [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Common Wainscot [1]; Heart and Dart [26]; Flame Shoulder [1] and Small Square-spot [1].


Eudonia mercurella


Pebble Hook-tip


Figure of Eighty


Freyer's Pug


Common Pug


Mottled Pug


Scorched Wing


Light Emerald


Common Wainscot


Small Square-spot






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