Ditton Park Wood - Field Trip - 30th May

I made my first trip to a rather large wood in the far east of Cambs, a mixed woodland with some interesting flora.

Last year there was areas of woodland that was felled, now the light pools in amongst new areas and low-growing flora is flourishing, certainly a win in my book. Variety certainly is a good thing for wildlife.

 

A warm and humid day looked perfect for a session, and as I was setting up I was confident, even the local farmer popped by to offer me a cup of steaming hot tea, wishing me luck and bidding me farewell.

 

4 traps were setup in anticipation, moths started to come in, but variety was a little disappointing, and then the wind got up. Not the lovely southerly warmth we had recently, but a cool east breeze, ARGH! 2 traps were in direct firing line from the elements.

 

I decided to pack up two of the traps at midnight, the other two weren't far behind unfortunately, as the moths stopped flying. 

 

Getting in the car, the thermometer still read 14 degrees, but it felt much cooler.

 

Overall the variety of species was lower than expected, but there were good numbers of common and scarcer species. 

 

Best moths included Agnoea flavifrontella, Ancylis diminutana, Telechrysis tripuncta, Poplar Lutestring & 7 Beautiful Golden-Y's.

 

I will be back when conditions improve again. 

 

30/05/26 - Ditton Park Wood - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Clear MV Trap, 1x 250w Clear Robinson Trap, 1x 40w/22w Bucket Trap & 1x 160w MBT Trap

Macro Moths

Beautiful Golden-Y 7
Beautiful Hook-tip 
Blood-vein 
Blotched Emerald
Brimstone Moth 
Brown Rustic 
Brown Silver-line 
Buff Ermine 
Buff-tip 
Burnished Brass 
Clouded Border 
Clouded Silver 
Common Emerald 
Common Marbled Carpet 
Common Pug 
Common Swift 
Common Wainscot 
Common Wave
Cream Wave
Dark Sword-grass 
Elephant Hawk-moth 
Figure of Eighty 
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift 
Green Carpet 
Green Pug 
Green Silver-lines 
Grey Dagger 
Grey Pug 
Grey Pug 
Heart & Dart
Iron Prominent 
Large Yellow Underwing 
Latticed Heath 
Light Emerald 
Maiden's Blush 
Marbled Minor 
Marbled White-spot 
Middle-barred Minor 
Mottled Beauty 
Mottled Rustic 
Oak Hook-tip 
Oak Nycteoline
Orange Footman 
Pale Oak Beauty 
Pale Prominent 
Pale Tussock 
Pebble Prominent 
Pinion-streaked Snout 
Poplar Grey 
Poplar Hawk-moth 
Poplar Lutestring
Riband Wave 
Sallow Kitten 
Scorched Wing 
Setaceous Hebrew Character 
Silver-ground Carpet 
Single-dotted Wave 
Sloe Pug 
Small Dotted Buff 
Small Elephant Hawk-moth 
Small Mottled Willow 
Small Phoenix 
Snout 
Spectacle 
Spruce Carpet 
Straw Dot 
Treble Lines 
Treble-bar 
Turnip Moth 
White Ermine 
White-point 
Willow Beauty 
Yellow Shell 

Micro Moths

Agapeta hamana 
Agnoea flavifrontella
Agriphila straminella 
Aleimma loeflingiana 
Ancylis diminutana
Apotomis capreana 
Aproaerema anthyllidella
Archips crataegana
Argyresthia spinosella 
Celypha cespitana 
Celypha lacunana 
Cochylichroa atricapitana 
Coptoptriche marginea 
Crambus lathoniellus 
Crassa unitella 
Cydia fagiglandana 
Elachista gangabella
Epermenia falciformis
Eudonia lacustrata 
Eudonia pallida 
Eulia ministrana 
Euzophera pinguis 
Evergestis forficalis 
Gypsonoma sociana 
Hedya nubiferana 
Hedya pruniana 
Lathyronympha strigana 
Monopis weaverella
Musotima nitidalis 
Nemapogon clematella
Nemapogon cloacella 
Nematopogon metaxella 
Nemophora degeerella 
Notocelia trimaculana 
Notocelia uddmanniana 
Orthotaenia undulana 2
Pandemis cerasana 
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 
Parornix sp 
Prays fraxinella 
Ptycholoma lecheana
Scoparia ambigualis 
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 
Telechrysis tripuncta
Teleiodes luculella 
Tinea semifulvella
Tinea trinotella 
Tischeria eklebladella 
Tortrix viridana
Triaxomera parasitella

125w Clear MV Trap

Actinic LED Combo Trap

Agnoea flavifrontella

Ancylis diminutana

Archips crataegana

Beautiful Golden-Y

Blotched Emerald

Elachista gangabella

Gold Swift

Green Silver-lines

Musotima nitidalis

Orthotaenia undulana

Poplar Lutestring

Telechrysis tripuncta