Sunday 16 August 2015

An early morning at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - August 8, 2015

It was a pretty good night last with 227 moths trapped and identified covering forty-three species, which two, Small Rivulet and Flounced Rustic were new for the year.


The following were recorded: Ermine Species [2]; Bird-cherry Ermine [2]; Blastobasis adustella [10]; Emmelina monodactyla [1]; Red-barred Tortrix [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [3]; Rhodophaea Formosa [1]; Acrobasis advenella [7]; Hypsopygia glaucinalis [1]; Mother of Pearl [4]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [16]; Agriphila tristella [27]; Agriphila straminella [8]; Chinese Character [2]; Poplar Hawkmoth [1]; Riband Wave [8]; Small Blood-vein [1]; Common Carpet [6]; Small Rivulet [1]; Willow Beauty [3]; The Snout [1]; White Satin Moth [1]; Yellow-tail [1]; Ruby Tiger [1]; Dingy Footman [2]; Common Footman [3]; Scarce Footman [1]; The Spectacle [2]; Burnished Brass [1]; Silver Y [1]; Marbled Beauty [6]; The Uncertain [1]; Flounced Rustic [1]; Dark Arches [9]; Common Rustic group [48]; The Clay [1]; Heart and Dart [2]; Shuttle-shaped Dart [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [21]; Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [9] and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [5].


Small Rivulet

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