Field Trip - Chippenham Fen - 17/07/19

I had an enjoyable evening at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire with Colin Plant.

The day had been warm and muggy (But not quite as silly as it has been these past few days). 26 degrees was the high and it wasn't set to drop below 17c all night. Unfortunately the weather was a bit unkind at times, in fact it rained on and off for much of the night, not heavy..but enough to make things a bit soggy. Luckily the heavier outburts came on the drive home.

The moth species present were incredible to say the least. We logged a total of 289 species during the session, and after with dissections.

Many moths were notable and also new for me.

Species such as Agonopterix angelicella, Cosmopterix scribaiella, Dichomeris alacella, Evergestis pallidata, 2x Gelechia sp to double check yet and Vitula biviella were all personal highlights.

17th July 2019: Chippenham fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire

Colin W. Plant & Ben Sale. Arrived approximately 20.30 hours. CWP set a 125 watt Robinson to the rear of the site building, affecting Forty Acre Wood to the north-east, plus a 125watt white bulb on a vertical sheet on the side of the Landrover parked by the site building and directed north-west up the main ride. Also, 5 x 8-watt actinic traps at 50 metre intervals along the woodland track running south-west from the car park. BS’s lights were – one in Forty Acre Wood and two in the centre of the fen (Jerusalem Wood area). Total was thus 11 lights. BS packed up from 01.00 and left the site at 02.00. CWP packed up at 02.30 and left the site at about 03.15.

Genitalia dets. indicated by an asterisk (*)

Here is the total list

Extras from CWP highlighted below, by (Only CWP)

CWP (Colin Plant's name by the species that were trapped away from the marsh area)

Macro Moths : 132 species Micro Moths : 157 species

Total : 289 species

Catch Report - 17/07/19 - Chippenham Fen - Cambridgeshire -1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap, 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 6 extra lights from CWP - 11 traps in total

Macro Moths

Barred Straw (Only CWP) Beautiful Hook-tip (CWP) Black Arches (CWP) Blue-bordered Carpet Bordered Beauty Bright-line Brown-eye Brimstone Moth (Only CWP) Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (CWP) Brown-line Bright-eye (CWP) Brown Scallop (Only CWP) Buff Arches (Only CWP) Buff Footman (Only CWP) Buff-tip (Only CWP) Chinese Character (Only CWP) Clay (CWP) Cloaked Minor Clouded Border Clouded Silver (Only CWP) Common Carpet (CWP) Common Footman (CWP) Common Rustic (CWP)* Common Swift (Only CWP) Common Wainscot Common Wave (CWP) Common White Wave (CWP) Coronet (CWP) Coxcomb Prominent (Only CWP) Cream-bordered Green Pea (CWP) Dark Arches (CWP) Dark Umber (CWP) Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)* Dingy Footman (CWP) Dingy Shell (CWP) Dot Moth (CWP) Dotted Fan-foot (CWP) Double Lobed (CWP) Double Square-spot (CWP) Drinker Dun-bar (CWP) Dusky Sallow Dwarf Cream Wave Early Thorn (Only CWP) Elephant Hawk-moth (CWP) Engrailed (Only CWP) Eyed Hawk-moth (Only CWP) Fen Wainscot (CWP) Flame (CWP) Flame Shoulder (CWP) Ghost Moth (CWP) Green Pug Grey Pine Carpet (Only CWP) Haworth's Pug Heart & Dart (CWP) Iron Prominent (CWP) July Highflyer (CWP) Kent Black Arches (Only CWP) Large Emerald Large Twin-spot Carpet (CWP) Large Yellow Undering (CWP) Latticed Heath (CWP) Least Carpet (CWP) Least Yellow Underwing Leopard Moth (CWP) Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Only CWP) Lesser Cream Wave (CWP) Lesser Yellow Underwing (CWP) Lesser-spotted Pinion Light Emerald (CWP) Lime-speck Pug (Only CWP) Lunar-spotted Pinion (Only CWP) Maple Pug Marbled Minor (CWP)* Marbled White spot (CWP) Mere Wainscot Middle-barred Minor (Only CWP) Mottled Beauty (Only CWP) Narrow-winged Pug (Only CWP)* Nut-tree Tussock (CWP) Olive (Only CWP) Pale Mottled Willow Pale Oak Beauty (Only CWP) Pale Prominent (CWP) Pebble Hook-tip (CWP) Peppered Moth (CWP) Pine Hawk-moth Poplar Grey (Only CWP) Poplar Hawk-moth (CWP) Pretty Chalk Carpet (CWP) Privet Hawk-moth (Only CWP) Purple Bar (Only CWP) Purple Clay Red Twin-spot Carpet (CWP)* Reed Leopard (CWP) Riband Wave (CWP) Rivulet (Only CWP) Rosy Footman (CWP) Round-winged Muslin (CWP) Ruby Tiger (CWP) Rufous Minor (Only CWP)* Rustic (CWP) Scalloped Oak (Only CWP) Scarce Footman (CWP) Scarlet Tiger (CWP) Setaceous Hebrew Character (CWP) Shaded Broad-bar (CWP) Short-cloaked Moth (Only CWP) Silky Wainscot (CWP) Silver Barred (CWP) Silver Y Single-dotted Wave (CWP) Slender Brindle (Only CWP) Slender Pug Small Blood-vein (CWP) Small Dotted Buff (CWP) Small Emerald (CWP) Small Fan-footed Wave Small Rufous (CWP) Small Scallop Smoky Wainscot (CWP) Small White Wave (Only CWP) Small Yellow Wave (Only CWP) Snout (CWP) Southern Wainscot (CWP) Straw Dot Swallow-tailed Moth (CWP) Tawny-barred Angle (Only CWP) Tawny Marbled Minor Tree-lichen Beauty (CWP) Uncertain (CWP) V-pug (CWP) Willow Beauty (Only CWP) Wormwood Pug Yellow-tail (Only CWP)

Micro Moths

Acentria emphemerella (CWP) Acleris forsskaleana (CWP) Acleris holmiana (CWP) Acrobasis advenella Acrobasis consociella (CWP) Acrobasis marmorea Acrobasis repandana (CWP) Adaina microdactyla (CWP) Aethes rubigana (Only CWP)* Aethes tesserana (Only CWP) Agapeta hamana (CWP) Agapeta zoegana (CWP) Agonopterix alstromeriana (CWP) Agonopterix angelicella Agonopterix subpropinquella Agriphila tristella (Only CWP) Anacampsis blattariella Anania coronata (Only CWP) Anania hortulata (CWP) Anania lancealis (CWP) Anania perlucidalis Ancylis achatana Aphelia paleana (CWP) Aphomia sociella (CWP) Apotomis betuletana Archips crataegana (Only CWP)* Archips podana (CWP) Archips xylosteana Argyresthia brockeella (CWP) Argyresthia goedartella (CWP) Argyresthia pruniella (Only CWP) Batia unitella (CWP) Batrachedra pinicolella Batrachedra praeangusta (Only CWP) Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Blastodacna hellerella Brachmia blandella Brachmia inornatella Bryotropha terrella Bucculatrix nigricomella (Only CWP) Calomotropha paludella (CWP) Caloptilia betulicola (Only CWP) Caloptilia semifascia (Only CWP) Cameraria ohridella (CWP) Carcina quercana (CWP) Cataclysta lemnata (CWP) Catoptria falsella Catoptria pinella (CWP) Celypha lacunana Chilo phragmitella (CWP) Chrysoteuchia culmella (CWP) Clepsis consimiliana (CWP) Clepsis spectrana (Only CWP) Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Only CWP) Cnephasia asseclana (Only CWP)* Cnephasia genitalana (Only CWP)* Cnephasia pumicana (Only CWP)* Cnephasia stephensiana (Only CWP)* Cochylis atricapitana (CWP) Cochylis dubitana (Only CWP)* Cochylis hybridella Coleophora mayrella (CWP) Cosmopterix scribaiella 2 Crambus lathoniellus Crambus pascuella (CWP) Crambus perlella (CWP) Crassa unitella (CWP) Cydia fagiglandana (CWP)* Cydia pomonella (Only CWP) Cydia splendana (CWP) Dichomeris alacella Dioryctia abietella Eana incanana (CWP)* Elachista apicipunctella Elachista maculicerusella Elophila nymphaeata (CWP) Emmelina monodactlya Endothenia sp Endotricha flammealis (CWP) Epagoge grotiana (CWP) Epinotia abbreviana (Only CWP)* Epinotia tenerana (Only CWP)* Ethmia dodecea (CWP) Eucosma campoliliana (Only CWP)* Eucosma cana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eucosma obumbratana Eudonia lacustrata (CWP)* Eudonia mercurella (CWP)* Eudonia pallida (CWP)* Euzophera pinguis (CWP) Evergestis pallidata (CWP) Gelechia muscosella? TBC Gelechia sp nigra or turpella? TBC Grapholita janthinana Gypsonoma aceriana (Only CWP)* Gypsonoma dealbana Hedya nubiferana (Only CWP) Hedya pruniana Hedya salicella (CWP) Helcystogramma rufescens (Only CWP) Hofmannophila pseudospretella (CWP) Hypsopygia costalis (CWP) Hypsopygia glaucinalis (CWP) Limnaecia phragmitrella (CWP) Lobesia abscisana (CWP)* Lozotaeniodes formosana Marasmarcha lunaedactyla Metzneria lappella (CWP) Metzneria metzneriella (Only CWP) Mompha ochraceella Mompha propinquella Morophaga choragella Nymphula nitidulata (CWP) Oegoconia sp Ostrinia nubilalis (Only CWP) Pammene aurita Pammene regiana (Only CWP) Pandemis cerasana Pandemis heparana (CWP) Parapoynx stratiotata (Only CWP) Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Paraswammerdamia nebulella (CWP)* Pediasia contaminella (Only CWP) Phycita roborella (CWP) Phycitodes binaevella Pleuroptyra ruralis (CWP) Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (CWP) Pterophorus pentadactyla (CWP) Ptherochroa inopiana (CWP) Ptycholomoides aeriferana Pyralis farinalis (Only CWP) Pyrausta purpuralis (Only CWP) Recurvaria leucatella (Only CWP) Rhopobota naevana Rhyacionia buoliana Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis (CWP)* Scoparia pyralella Scoparia subfusca Stathmopoda pedella Syncopacma cinctella (CWP)* Teleiodes vulgella (Only CWP) Thiotricha subocellea (CWP) Tischeria ekebladella Udea olivalis (Only CWP) Vitula biviella Yponomeuta cagnagella (Only CWP) Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta plumbella (Only CWP) Yponomeuta rorrella Ypsolpha nemorella Ypsolopha parenthesella (Only CWP)