Ditton Park Wood - Field Trip - 05th July

I made another trip to Ditton on the 5th of July, and after a warm and humid day, the night looked very good indeed moths.

A slow start but it did pick up, macro moths were very slow to come in, and with the temperature still at 20 degrees at midnight, the micros were having a field day! 

The traps were heaving once more with tinies and although there were quite a few macro moths, they were mainly of the same species, with at least 30 July Highflyers and 50 Minor Shoulder-knot.

On the Highflyers, they are o so variable and many forms were observed, one though was beyond beautiful and deserved a photograph, what a green! 

Best moth for me was a large Tineidae, Nemaxera betulinella which is new for me and seems to be only the 3rd county record.

There was also a massive shock in the MV trap when I was packing away, a Lunar Hornet Moth! it was actually buzzing around the lamp as I went through the trays, has this been documented before I wonder? A moth that is usually only seen during the daytime either on tree trunks or to its own pheromone lure.

Other top moths included Agonopterix kaekeritziana, Oxypteryx atrella & Thiotricha subocellea. 

Another Choristoneura species was retained for dissection.

It was a great trip, but I expected it to do better (I sound like Thomas Tuchel all of a sudden). 

 

05/07/26 - Ditton Park Wood - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Clear MV Trap, 1x 250w Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 30w Led Trap

Macro Moths 

Beautiful Hook-tip 
Black Arches 
Bright-line Brown-eye
Brimstone Moth 
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 
Clouded Border 
Clouded Silver 
Common Carpet 
Common Emerald 
Common Footman 
Common White Wave 
Conmon Wave 
Coronet 
Dark Arches 
Dark Umber 
Dingy Footman 
Double Square-spot 
Drinker 
Dun-bar 
Early Thorn 
Elephant Hawk-moth 
Grey Dagger 
Haworth's Pug 
Heart & Dart 
July Highflyer 
Kent Black Arches 
Large Yellow Underwing 
Latticed Heath 
Least Carpet 
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 
Lesser Yellow Underwing 
Lunar Hornet Clearwing
Lunar-spotted Pinion 
Marbled Minor 
Marbled White-spot 
Mere Wainscot 
Minor Shoulder-knot 
Mottled Beauty 
Oak Hook-tip 
Pale Prominent 
Peach Blossom 
Peppered Moth 
Poplar Hawk-moth
Pretty Chalk Carpet 
Riband Wave 
Rosy Footman 
Ruby Tiger 
Rustic
Scarce Footman 
Shaded Fan-foot 
Silver Y 
Single-dotted Wave 
Slender Pug 
Small Blood-vein 
Small Dotted Buff 
Small Fan-footed Wave 
Small Mottled Willow 
Smoky Wainscot 
Snout 
Southern Wainscot 
Spectacle 
Straw Dot 
Swallow-tailed Moth 
Uncertain 
Wormwood Pug 
Yellow Shell 
Yellow-tail 

Micro Moths

Acleris forskalleana 
Acleris holmiana
Acleris notana ferrugana 
Acrobasis advenella 
Acrobasis repandana 
Agapeta hamana 
Agapeta zoegana 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 
Agonopterix heracliana sp 
Agonopterix kaekeritziana
Agonopterix liturosa 
Agonopterix subpropinquella 
Agriphila straminella 
Aleimma loeflingiana 
Alucita hexadactyla 
Anacampsis blattariella populella
Anania coronata
Anania hortulata 
Anarsia innoxiella 
Apotomis betuletana
Apotomis capreana
Aproaerema taeniolella
Archips podana 
Archips rosana 
Archips xylosteana 
Argyresthia albistria 
Argyresthia brockeella 
Argyresthia pruniella 
Aspila janthinana 
Athrips moyffetella 
Batia lunaris 
Batrachedra praengasta 
Blastobasis lacticolella 
Blastodacna hellerella 
Brachmia blandella 
Calamotropha paludella 
Caloptilia stigmatella 
Carcina quercana 
Catoptria pinella 
Celypha lacunana 
Choristoneura sp
Chrysoteuchia culmella 
Clepsis consimilana 
Cnephasia sp 
Crambus perlella 
Crassa unitella 
Cydia fagiglandana 
Cydia inquinatana 
Cydia pomonella 
Cydia splendana 
Ditula angustiorana 
Endothenia gentianaeana marginana 
Endotricha flammealis 
Epiblema costipunctana
Epinotia brunnichana
Epinotia nisella
Epinotia solandriana
Eucosma cana 
Eudemis porphyana 
Eudemis profundana 
Eudonia lacustrata 
Eudonia mercurella 
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Euzophera pinguis 
Evergestis limbata 
Gelechia soroculala 
Gypsonoma minutana
Gypsonoma sociana 
Hedya pruniana 
Hedya salicella 
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 
Hypsopyqgia costalis 
Limnaecia phragmitella 
Lobesia abscisana 
Lyonetia clerkella 
Metalampra italica 
Mompha epilobiella 
Monochroa cytisella
Nemaxera betulinella
Notocelia uddmanniana 
Oegoconia sp 
Oncocera semirubella
Ostrinia nubilalis 
Oxypteryx atrella
Pammene fasciana 
Pandemis heparana 
Parachronistis albiceps
Parapoynx stratiotata
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 
Paraswammerdamia nebulella 
Parornix sp 
Phalonidia manniana udana 
Phycita roborella 
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
Pleuroptya ruralis 
Plutella xylostella 
Ptherochroa inopiana 
Recurvaria nanella 
Rhopobota naevana 
Scoparia ambigualis 
Scoparia basistrigalis 
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 
Sitochroa verticalis 
Spilonota ocellana 
Swammerdamia pyrella 
Teleiodes vulgella 
Thiotricha subocellea
Tinea trinotella 
Yponomeuta cag mal pad 
Yponomeuta evonynella 
Yponomeuta rorrella 
Ypsolopha parenthesella
Zeiraphera isertana

30w Led Trap

250w Clear MV Robinson Trap

Agonopterix kaekeritziana

Dun-bar

Epinotia nisella

Euspilapteryx auroguttella

July Highflyer

Lunar Hornet Moth

Nemaxera betulinella

Oxypteryx atrella

Zeiraphera isertana