Friday 16 June 2017

An early morning in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire - June 14, 2017

I put the moth trap out last night and trapped and identified sixty-seven moths covering thirty-two species, seven of which were new for the year.


The following were recorded: Brown House Moth [1]; Light Brown Apple Moth [1]; Marbled Orchard Tortrix [1]; Celypha lacunana [1]; Bee Moth [1]; Small Magpie [2]; Udea olivalis [2]; Eudonia mercurella [1]; Crambus perlella [1]; Lime Hawk-moth [1]; Riband Wave [1]; Garden Carpet [2]; Silver Ground Carpet [1]; Barred Yellow [2]; Common Marbled Carpet [3]; Green Pug [1]; Foxglove Pug [3]; Scorched Wing [1]; Brimstone Moth [5]; Willow Beauty [1]; Straw Dot [5]; Buff Ermine [3]; Common Footman [1]; The Miller [1]; Dark Arches [2]; Marbled Minor species [4]; Bright-line Brown-eye [2]; Shoulder-striped Wainscot [1]; Heart and Dart [13]; The Flame [1]; Flame Shoulder [1] and Setaceous Hebrew Character [1].


Bee Moth


Lime Hawk-moth


Green Pug


Garden Carpet


Common Footman


The Flame


Shoulder-striped Wainscot


Silver-ground Carpet


Foxglove Pug


The Miller

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