Wednesday evening at Ashwell Quarry On Wednesday evening the car was all packed and ready for another visit to Ashwell Quarry. On arrival at 8pm it was still warm at 17 degrees but the sky looked quite menacing coming in from the South-west and rain was forecast for around 2am. Thinking that the breeze was going to blow the rain in way before the predicted time, I decided to leave the gear in the car and have a walk around with the net.

I found many different species (18 to be precise) which was pleasing enough in itself and so as the first few rain drops fell at just after 9pm, I wimped out and decided to schedule the trip for another night.

Below are a few of the best species I netted.

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, Celypha lacunana and Nemapogon cloacella were by far the commonest species netted with about 2 in 3 species netted being one of these!

On specimen of Pseudargyrotoza conwagana did stand out with its dark markings, all of the others were very pale yellow.

Of note was a second record for the site of the uncommon Phtheochroa sodaliana.