Chippenham Fen - East Cambs - Field Trip - 25th June

I made another trip to my local nature reserve, the 3rd trip this year.

It was a very warm day and night with lows of 18 degrees. 

276 species were recorded over the space of 4 hours, even at packing up time they were still coming in and no doubt I would have reached 300sp if tiredness hadn't kicked in!

 

The most shocking thing that happened was the huge influx of Scarlet Tigers, counting over 500 in and around one trap, and a further 200 odd in the grass and on the walls, all 4 traps were like this, so a conservative estimate would be around the 2500 mark, utter madness and sadly it was hard to see past them all!

Best moth was a lovely female Four-spotted Footman, sadly a bit battered from the Tigers!

 

An interesting Trifurcula? species was retained for dissection. 

 

A good variety of moths were observed and it was well worth the effort of loading up and going out.

 

25/06/25 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambs - 1x 125w Trap, 1x 250w Robinson Trap, 1x 40w/22w Bucket Trap & 1x 20w Bucket Trap

 

Macro Moths

Angle Shades     
Barred Hook-tip     
Barred Straw     
Barred Yellow     
Beautiful Hook-tip     
Black Arches     
Blackneck     
Blood-vein     
Blue-bordered Carpet     
Bordered Beauty     
Bordered White     
Bright-line Brown-eye     
Brimstone Moth     
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing     
Brown Rustic     
Brown Scallop    
Brown-line Bright-eye     
Brown-tail     
Buff Arches     
Buff Ermine     
Buff Footman     
Buff-tip     
Burnished Brass     
Chinese Character     
Clay     
Clouded Border     
Clouded Brindle     
Clouded Silver     
Common Carpet     
Common Emerald     
Common Footman     
Common Pug     
Common Swift     
Common Wainscot     
Common Wave     
Common White Wave     
Coronet     
Currant Pug     
Dark Arches     
Dark Umber     
Dot Moth     
Dotted Fan-foot     
Double Lobed     
Double Square-spot    
Double-striped Pug     
Drinker     
Dusky Brocade     
Dwarf Cream Wave     
Early Thorn     
Elephant Hawk-moth     
Engrailed     
Fen Wainscot     
Figure of Eighty     
Flame     
Flame Shoulder     
Flame Wainscot     
Four-spotted Footman     
Foxglove Pug     
Ghost Moth    
Goat Moth     
Green Pug     
Green Silver-lines     
Grey Dagger     
Grey Pug     
Haworth's Pug     
Heart & Club     
Heart & Dart     
Herald     
Hoary Footman     
Iron Prominent     
Kent Black Arches     
Knot Grass     
Large Emerald     
Large Yellow Underwing     
Latticed Heath     
Leopard Moth     
Light Arches     
Lobster Moth     
Maple Prominent     
Marbled Minor     
Marbled White-spot     
May Highflyer     
Mere Wainscot    
Miller     
Mottled Beauty     
Mottled Rustic     
Nutmeg     
Nut-tree Tussock     
Olive    
Pale Oak Beauty     
Pale Prominent     
Peach Blossom     
Peppered Moth     
Pine Hawk-moth     
Pinion-streaked Snout     
Poplar Hawk-moth     
Pretty Chalk Carpet     
Privet Hawk-moth     
Reed Leopard     
Riband Wave     
Rosy Footman     
Round-winged Muslin     
Royal Mantle     
Ruby Tiger     
Ruddy Carpet     
Rufous Minor     
Scalloped Oak     
Scarce Footman     
Scarce Silver-lines    
Scarlet Tiger     
Setaceous Hebrew Character     
Shaded Broad-bar     
Shaded Pug     
Shears     
Short-cloaked Moth     
Shoulder-striped Wainscot     
Silky Wainscot     
Silver Barred     
Silver Y     
Single-dotted Wave     
Single-dotted Wave     
Slender Brindle     
Slender Pug    
Sloe Pug     
Small Elephant Hawk-moth     
Small Emerald     
Small Fan-footed Wave     
Small Seraphim     
Smoky Wainscot     
Snout    
Southern Wainscot     
Spectacle     
Straw Dot     
Striped Wainscot     
Swallow Prominent     
Swallow-tailed Moth     
Sycamore     
Tawny Marbled Minor     
Toadflax Pug     
Treble Brown Spot     
Turnip Moth     
Uncertain     
V-pug     
White Ermine    
White Satin     
Willow Beauty     
Wormwood Pug     
Yellow Shell     

Micro Moths

Acentria ephemerella     
Acleris forskalleana     
Acleris hastiana     
Acleris kochiella    
Acleris notana/ferrugana     
Acrobasis suavella    
Adaina microdactyla     
Aethes rubigana     
Agapeta hamana     
Agapeta zoegana     
Agonopterix alstromeriana     
Anacampsis blattariella    
Anania hortulata    
Anania lancealis     
Anania perlucidalis     
Anarsia innoxiella     
Ancylis achatana     
Apotomis betuletana     
Archips crataegana     
Archips podana     
Archips rosana     
Archips xylosteana     
Argyresthia brockeella     
Batia lunaris     
Blastobasis lacticolella     
Blastodacna hellerella     
Brachmia blandella     
Brachmia inornatella     
Bucculatrix cidarella     
Carcina quercana     
Carpatolechia fugivitella     
Cataclysta lemnata     
Catoptria pinella     
Celypha lacunana     
Celypha rosaceana     
Celypha striana     
Chilo phragmitella     
Chrysoteuchia culmella     
Clepsis consimilana     
Cnephasia sp     
Cochylidia implicitana    
Coleophora alcyonipennella/frischella     
Cosmopterix lienigiella    
Cosmopterix scribaiella    
Crambus lathoniellus     
Crambus pascuella     
Crambus perlella     
Crassa unitella     
Cydalima perspectalis    
Cydia fagiglandana     
Cydia pomonella     
Dichomeris alacella     
Dioryctria abietella     
Ditula angustiorana     
Elachista humilis     
Elachista maculicerusella     
Elophila nymphaeata    
Emmelina monodactyla     
Endothenia gentianaeana/marginana    
Endotricha flammealis     
Epinotia abbreviana     
Epinotia nanana    
Epinotia tenerana     
Epiphyas postvittana     
Etainia decentella     
Ethmia dodecea     
Eucosma cana     
Eucosma conterminana     
Eucosma hohenwartiana     
Eucosma obumbratana     
Eudemis profundana     
Eudonia lacustrata     
Eudonia pallida     
Eupoecilia angustana    
Euzophera pinguis     
Gelechia muscosella    
Gracillaria syringella     
Gypsonoma dealbana     
Gypsonoma oppresana     
Hedya nubiferana     
Hedya ochroleucana    
Hedya pruniana     
Hedya salicella     
Hofmannophila pseudospretella     
Homoeosoma sinuella     
Hypsopygia costalis    
Hypsopygia glaucinalis    
Lathyronympha strigana     
Limnaecia phragmitella     
Lobesia abscisana     
Lozotaeniodes formosana     
Marasmarcha lunaedactyla     
Metzneria metzneriella    
Monopis crocicapitella     
Morophaga choragella     
Neocochylis dubitana     
Neocochylis hybridella     
Neocochylis molliculana     
Niditinea sp     
Nomophila noctuella     
Notocelia trimaculana     
Nymphula nitidulata     
Ostrinia nubilalis    
Pammene regiana     
Pandemis cerasana     
Pandemis heparana     
Parapoynx stratiotata     
Phyllonorycter stettinensis
Phyllonorycter viminiella    
Piniphila bifasciana     
Prays fraxinella     
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana     
Ptherophorus pentadactyla     
Schoenobius gigantella     
Sciota adelphella     
Scoparia basistrigalis     
Scoparia pyralella     
Sitochroa verticalis     
Spilonota ocellana     
Syncopacma taeniolella    
Tinea trinotella     
Tortrix viridana     
Udea olivalis     
Vitula biviella    
Yponomeuta cag mal pad     
Yponomeuta evonynella     
Zeiraphera isertana     
Zelotherses paleana    

 

TBC

Scarlet Tiger Carnage

Scarlet Tiger Carnage

Acleris hastiana

Acleris notana/ferrugana

Anacampsis blattariella

Brachmia blandella

Chilo phragmitella Female

Cosmopterix lienigiella

Four-spotted Footman

Goat Moth

Gracillaria syringella

Schoenobius gigantella Female

Silky Wainscot