Wednesday 22 July 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - July 16, 2015

I had the put the trap out again last night but it had turned a little cold with a minimum overnight temperature of 7°C and therefore not a big a catch with just 116, representing thirty species, trapped and identified.  However there were five new for the year of which included two lifers Dichrorampha vancouverana and Small Mottled Willow.


The following were recorded: Bird-cherry Ermine [2]; Blastobasis adustella [1]; Celypha lacunana [1]; Dichrorampha vancouverana [1]; Pammene fasciana [1]; Bee Moth [1]; Small Magpie [1]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [27]; Poplar Hawkmoth [1]; Privet Hawkmoth [1]; Riband Wave [1]; Foxglove Pug [1]; Swallow-tailed Moth [1]; Willow Beauty [1]; Clouded Silver [1]; Light Emerald [1]; Common Footman [19]; Marbled Beauty [2]; Small Mottled Willow [1]; The Uncertain [18]; The Rustic [2]; Dark Arches [5]; Common Rustic species [8]; Cabbage Moth [1]; Common Wainscot [2]; Smoky Wainscot [2]; The Clay [1]; Heart and Dart [5] and Large Yellow Underwing [1].


Dichrorampha vancouverana


Pammene fasciana


Small Mottled Willow

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