Thursday, 17 May 2012

Catch Report - 16/05/12 - Back Garden/Farmland

A full 8 days later and the trap was out. This time last year it was warm and mild and the trap was out most nights.
A great selection of moths last night with a few still to confirm id's (those pesky micros)
But lots of New for year's including Poplar Hawk-moth, Rustic Shoulder-knot, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Pale Tussock, Scalloped Hazel.
And an amazing 19 specimens of Green Carpet!


Catch Report - 16/05/12 - 125w MV Robinson Trap - Back Garden/Farmland


Macro Moths


1x Pale Tussock [NFY]
1x Shuttle-shaped Dart [NFY]
1x Rustic Shoulder-knot [NFY]
1x Scalloped Hazel [NFY]
1x Poplar Hawk-moth [NFY]
1x Double-striped Pug [NFY]
19x Green Carpet
1x Common Swift 
2x Spectacle
1x Latticed Heath
2x Oak-tree Pug
1x Clouded Drab
2x Muslin Moth
2x Brindled Pug 
1x Iron Prominent
1x Red Twin-spot Carpet
4x Flame Shoulder
5x Hebrew Character

Micro Moths

1x Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana [NFY]

1x Agonopterix arenella [NFY]
1x Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella [NFY]
1x Cochylis atricapitana [NFY]
1x Elachista canapennella [NFY]
2x Bryotropha terrella [NFY]

1x White Shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella
1 for id pending......



Cochylis atricapitana










Green Carpet










Iron Prominent










Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana











Poplar Hawk-moth










Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella











Rustic Shoulder-knot












Scalloped Hazel











Bryotropha terrella












Unknown micro pos Elachistidae sp.











Elachista canapennella