Rod's Birding: An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire

Friday 16 June 2017

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 15, 2017

The trap was out again last light and resulted in 159 moths being trapped and identified that covered fifty-eight species, twenty of which were new for the year and one a lifer.

The following were recorded: Argyresthia trifasciata [1]; Brown House-moth [1]; Lozotaenia forsterana [1]; Timothy Tortrix [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [10]; Green Oak Tortrix [12]; Pseudargrotoza conwagana [1]; Agapeta hamana [2]; Marbled Orchard Tortrix [3]; Celypha lacunana [4]; Bee Moth [4]; Thistle Ermine [1]; Small Magpie [2]; Eudonia mercurella [2]; Chrysoteuchia culmella [1]; Beautiful China Mark [1]; Donacaula forficella [1]; Poplar Hawkmoth [1]; Elephant Hawkmoth [1]; Garden Carpet [2]; Yellow Shell [1]; Common Carpet [1]; Barred Yellow [1]; Common Marbled Carpet [4]; Double-striped Pug [1]; Green Pug [1]; Foxglove Pug [2]; Freyer's Pug [2]; Common Pug [2]; Mottled Pug [1]; Scorched Wing [1]; Brimstone Moth [5]; Swallow-tailed Moth [2]; Willow Beauty [7]; Clouded Silver [2]; Straw Dot [4]; The Snout [2]; Buff Ermine [7]; Red-necked Footman [2]; Common Footman [1]; The Fan-foot [2]; Small Fan-foot [2]; Beautiful Hook-tip [2]; Dagger species [1]; The Coronet [2]; Marbled Beauty [1]; The Uncertain [2]; Rustic Shoulder-knot [4]; Dark Arches [6]; Marbled Minor species [6]; Middle-barred Minor [5]; Bright-line Brown-eye [6]; Heart and Dart [13]; Heart and Club [1]; The Flame [4]; Flame Shoulder [1]; Large Yellow Underwing [1] and Green Silver-lines [1].

The Red-necked Footman was the lifer, which is still quite a rare species in VC55, with only one record last year. Another new moth for the garden was the Beautiful China Mark.