Friday 2 September 2016

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - August 24, 2016

An excellent night for moths with 298 trapped and identified covering forty-three species with one new for the year.

The following were recorded: Orange Swift [7]; Honeysuckle Moth [1]; Diamond-back Moth [1]; Brown House Moth [3]; Blastobasis adustella [5]; Light Brown Apple Moth [38]; Garden Rose Tortrix [1]; Gold Triangle [1]; Pyrausta aurata [1]; Mother of Pearl [1]; Rush Veneer [1]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Agriphila tristella [19]; Agriphila straminella [8]; Agriphila geniculea [84]; Brown China-mark [1]; Riband Wave [1]; Blood-vein [1]; Garden Carpet [2]; Yellow Shell [1]; Common Carpet [1]; Common Marbled Carpet [1]; Lime-speck Pug [2]; Yellow-barred Brindle [2]; Brimstone Moth [20]; Dusky Thorn [10]; Willow Beauty [11]; Straw Dot [8]; The Spectacle [1]; Silver Y [2]; Copper Underwing [1]; Mouse Moth [1]; Marbled Beauty [9]; Angle Shades [2]; Flounced Rustic [3]; Common Rustic species [1]; Centre-barred Sallow [1]; Shuttle-shaped Dart [2]; Flame Shoulder [2]; Large Yellow Underwing [20]; Lesser Yellow Underwing [2]; Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [1] and Square-spot Rustic [17].


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