Chippenham Fen - Field Trip - 12th August (The lost post)

I had processed all of the images for this trip report, but never got round to posting it.

A combination of preparing for our holiday and work I guess getting in the way.

Below are the results for my mid-August field trip, a very fruitful session with just 3 species shy of the big 200.

Some quality moths were seen including a cracking little male Antler Moth, a far from common moth here in Cambs. 

Phyllonorycter hilarella was a newbie for me as an adult. I had previously recorded the leaf mine many years ago.

A Nemapogon species was retained which bears resemblance to inconditella. Gen det will probably prove it to be cloacella! But you never know..

Also, a rather aberrant Argyresthia goedartella got the heart racing, thinking it might be the uber rare ivella, unfortunately it wasn't to be. 

 

Despite the seemingly perfect conditions for migrants, with a warm breeze coming from the south, they weren't as plentiful as hoped. A single Vestal was nice to see though. 

 

With the threat of wildfires now over, on my next visit, I will hopefully venture a little further into the reserve with a battery trap.

 

Until next time. 

 

12/08/26 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambridgeshire - 2x 125w Clear MV Trap, 1x 250w Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 30w LED Trap

Macro Moths

Antler Moth 
Barred Hook-tip 
Blackneck 
Bright-line Brown-eye 
Brimstone Moth 
Broad-barred White 
Brown-veined Wainscot 
Bulrush Wainscot 
Burnished Brass 
Chinese Character 
Clay Triple-lines 
Cloaked Minor 
Clouded Border 
Common Carpet 
Common Rustic 
Common Wainscot 
Common Wave 
Common White Wave 
Copper Underwing 
Coronet 
Delicate 
Dingy Footman 
Dingy Shell 
Dotted Fan-foot
Double-striped Pug 
Dusky Thorn 
Engrailed 
Flame Shoulder 
Flounced Rustic 
Gold Spot 
Grey Dagger 
Gypsy Moth 
Iron Prominent 
Jersey Tiger 
Large Yellow Underwing 
Latticed Heath 
Least Yellow Underwing 
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 
Lesser Cream Wave 
Light Emerald 
Lime Hawk-moth 
Lime-speck Pug 
Maiden's Blush 
Maiden's Blush 
Maple Prominent 
Marbled Beauty 
Marbled Clover 
Nutmeg 
Oak Hook-tip 
Orange Swift 
Pale Mottled Willow 
Peach Blossom 
Pinion-streaked Snout 
Poplar Hawk-moth 
Pretty Chalk Carpet 
Riband Wave 
Ruby Tiger 
Sallow Kitten 
Satin Wave 
Setaceous Hebrew Character 
Shuttle-shaped Dart 
Silky Wainscot 
Silver Barred 
Silver Y 
Single-dotted Wave 
Small Dusty Wave 
Small Fan-footed Wave 
Small Mottled Willow 
Small Rivulet 
Small Rufous 
Small Waved Umber 
Snout 
Spectacle 
Straw Dot 
Straw Underwing 
Swallow Prominent 
Tawny Wave 
Tawny-barred Angle 
Tawny-speckled Pug 
Treble-bar 
Turnip Moth 
Vestal
Vine's Rustic 
V-pug 
White Ermine 
White-line Dart 
White-point 
Willow Beauty 
Wormwood Pug 
Yellow Shell 

Micro Moths

Acleris comariana/laterana 
Acompsia cinerella 
Adaina microdactyla
Aethes rubigana 
Agapeta hamana 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 
Agonopterix arenella 
Agonopterix propinquella 
Agriphila geniculea 
Agriphila selasella 
Agriphila straminella 
Agriphila tristella 
Anania coronata
Anania perlucidalis 
Ancylosis oblitella 
Apotomis betuletana 
Apotomis capreana 
Aproaerema anthyllidella 
Archips podana 
Argyresthia albistria 
Argyresthia goedartella 
Argyresthia semifusca
Bactra lancealana
Blastobasis adustella
Bryotropha basaltinella
Bucculatrix frangulella
Calamotropha paludella 
Caloptilia honoratella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Carcina quercana 
Cataclysta lemnata 
Catoptria pinella 
Celypha lacunana 
Celypha rosaceana 
Celypha striana 
Cochylidia implicatana 
Coleophora alcyonipennella/frischella 
Coleophora hemerobiella 
Coleophora vestianiella 
Crombrugghia distans
Cydalima perspectalis 
Cydia amplana 
Cydia fagiglandana 
Cydia splendana 
Dichrorampha simpliciana 
Ectoedemia decentella 
Elophila nymphaeata 
Emmelina monodactyla 
Emmetia marginea 
Endothenia oblongana 
Endrosis sarcitrella 
Epermenia chaerophyllella 
Ephestia sp 
Epinotia bilunana 
Epinotia nisella 
Epinotia ramella
Epinotia tenerana 
Epiphyas postvittana 
Ethmia dodecea 
Eucosma conterminana 
Eucosma hohenwartiana 
Eucosma obumbratana 
Eudonia mercurella 
Eudonia pallida 
Euzophera pinguis 
Evergestis forficalis 
Evergestis limbata 
Galleria mellonella 
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 
Homoeosoma nebulella 
Homoeosoma sinuella 
Hypsopyqgia costalis 
Lobesia abscisana 
Lyonetia clerkella 
Lyonetia prunifoliella 
Mompha subbistrigella 
Monopis weaverella 
Neocochylis dubitana 
Neocochylis hybridella 
Neocochylis molliculana
Nomophila noctuella 
Notocelia uddmanniana 
Oncocera semirubella 
Ostrinia nubilalis 
Pammene aurita 
Pandemis corylana 
Parapoynx stratiotata 
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 
Parectopa ononidis
Parornix sp 
Patania ruralis 
Phyllonorycter geniculella
Phyllonorycter hilarella
Phyllonorycter rajella
Pyrausta aurata 
Pyrausta despicata 
Pyrausta purpuralis 
Rhodophaea formosa 
Scrobipalpa atriplicella
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 
Scythropia crataegella 
Sitochroa verticalis 
Tinagma ocnerostomella 
Tinea trinotella 
Tischeria eklebladella 
Udea ferrugalis 
Yponomeuta cag/mal/pad

 

Vestal

125w MV Robinson Trap

Antler Moth

Argyresthia goedartella

Argyresthia semifusca

Bucculatrix frangulella

Caloptilia stigmatella

Dotted Fan-foot

Parectopa ononidis

Phyllonorycter hilarella

Phyllonorycter rajella