Field Trip - Home Wood - 23/07/19

I joined Matt, Lionel and Louie to Home Wood back on the 23rd of July. It's been a hectic few weeks keeping up with the garden totals, let alone two more trips out since this one. The day had been warm and muggy, and with the threat of rain we still went ahead.

All setup and sweating like a pig, we waited....not long, it was manic pretty much instantly and the traps were covered in micros of varying species.

At about 1:45pm I got a txt from my wife saying that it was incredibly stormy and wet.. we could hear it in the distance, it was coming straight for us and the wind started to pick up. Luckily we were already in the process of packing up, and had 2 traps left and we frantically checked what we could, but we were running out of time. The car was full of moths the next morning and I added a further 6 species from the roof lining of the car!

I probably missed loads as we were rushing to pack away!

As always, there are several micro-moths pending including a few possible new species for me.

Acrocercops brongniardella was a new moth for me, and if Carpatolechia decorella and Endothenis ustulana get the ok, they will new for me aswell.

Here is the total list.

Macro Moths : 67 species Micro Moths : 89 species

Total : 156 species

Catch Report - 23/07/19 - Home Wood - Bedfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total

Macro Moths

Black Arches Blackneck Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Moth Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Buff Arches Clay Cloaked Minor Clouded Border Clouded Silver Common Carpet Common Emerald Common Footman Copper Underwing Coxcomb Prominent Dark Arches Dark Umber Dingy Footman Double Square-spot Drinker Dun-bar Dusky Sallow Engrailed Flame Shoulder Green Pug Haworth's Pug July Highflyer Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Latticed Heath Least Carpet Least Yellow Underwing Leopard Moth Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Lesser Yellow Underwing Lesser-spotted Pinion Lime-speck Pug Lunar-spotted Pinion Maiden's Blush Maple Prominent Maple Pug Mere Wainscot Minor Shoulder-knot Nut-tree Tussock Oak Hook-tip Olive Peppered Moth Pine Hawk moth Poplar Hawk-moth Red Twin-spot Carpet Ruby Tiger Rustic Satin Beauty Scalloped Oak Scarce Footman Scorched Carpet Shaded Broad-bar Shuttle-shaped Dart Slender Brindle Small Dotted buff Small Fan-footed Wave Straw Dot Swallow Prominent Tree lichen Beauty Uncertain Waved Black White Satin

Micro Moths

Acentria ephemerella Acleris forsskaleana Acleris holmiana Acleris laterana comariana Acleris notana ferrugana Acrobasis advenella Acrobasis consociella Acrobasis repandana Acrocercops brongniardella Agonopterix alstromeriana Anania hortulata Anarsia innoxiella Archips podana Archips xylosteana Argyresthia albistria Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Borkhausenia fuscescens Brachmia blandella Bryotropha terrella Bucculatrix ulmella Calomotropha paludella Caloptila alchimiella Caloptilia stigmatella Cameraria ohridella Carpatolechia fugitivella Catoptria falsella Catoptria pinella Chrysoteuchia culmella Cnephasia sp Crambus pascuella Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Cydia splendana Ditula angustiorana Elachista maculicerusella Emmetia marginea Endothenia ustulana?? Endotricha flammealis Epagoge grotiana Epiblema foenella Epinotia abbreviana Eucosma cana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eudemis profundana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia pallida Eulamprotes atrella Euzophera pinguis Grapholita janthinana Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Hedya nubiferana Hedya salicella Hypsopygia costalis Limnaecia phragmitrella Lozotaeniodes formosana Lyonetia clerkella Marasmarcha lunaedactyla Metalampra italica Metzneria lappella Monopis laevigella Monopis obviella Monopis weaverella Myelois circumvoluta Pammene fasciana Pandemis corylana Pandemis heparana Parachronistis albiceps Parornix sp Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudargyrotoza conwagana Psoricoptera gibbosella Pyrausta aurata Recurvaria leucatella Rhopobota naevana Scoparia basistrigalis Spilonota ocellana Stathmopoda pedella Stigmella sp Tinea trinotella Tortrix viridana Yponomeuta plumbella Yponomeuta rorrella Ypsolopha sylvella Ypsolopha ustella Zeiraphera isertana