Wednesday 24 June 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 24, 2015

The trap was out again last night and seventy-three moths covering thirty species were trapped and identified, which included five new for the year.


The following were recorded: Ghost Moth [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [6]; Celypha striana [1]; Notocelia trimaculana [4]; Eudonia mercurella [2]; Crambus pascuella [2]; Eyed Hawkmoth [1]; Riband Wave [1]; Freyer's Pug [2]; Common Pug [1]; Brimstone Moth [1]; Scalloped Hazel [1]; Light Emerald [1]; Straw Dot [2]; Buff Ermine [3]; The Spectacle [1]; Golden Plusia [1]; Silver Y [1]; The Miller [1]; The Uncertain [1]; Brown Rustic [1]; Large Nutmeg [1]; Rustic Shoulder-knot [4]; Dark Arches [1]; Marbled Minor Group [1]; Bright-line Brown-eye [1]; Common Wainscot [1]; Heart and Dart [26]; Small Square-spot [2] and Large Yellow Underwing [1].


Golden Plusia


The Miller


Large Nutmeg

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