Field Trip - Home Wood nr Upper Caldecote - Bedfordshire - 28/07/16

I made a trip back up to Bedfordshire to join Matt and Lionel Burgess for my second trapping session at Home Wood just down the road from Upper Caldecote and Matt's residence. It did not seem like two years since we all met up previously and I must make the effort to make this an annual treat to sample slightly different moths to what I am usually use to. (Mere Wainscot springs instantly to mind). As we all finished setting up, I was glad that I had put black sacks over all of the electrical points and sheltered the generator as it absolutely HAMMERED it down! I knew that sky was looking a little angry but this wasn't forecast at all and we had to shelter from the deluge in our vehicles...all except Matt's son who got drenched insisting on 'netting' anything that turned up to the sheet (that's the spirit lad!) Matt arrived a little later to take is son home and commented on how dry the road was towards the wood...DRY!? We were flipping soaked. The Wine Race was again won by Matt with an incredible lead once again and a bottle of bubbly was duly presented as we pondered how the night might pan out now that it had stopped raining after a good 20 minute downpour. It was pretty slow to start with and didn't really get going but there was enough to keep us interested and we trapped until about 2AM. The list is below and did not feature any 'Ground-breaking' species but it was nice all the same to catch up and have a laugh.

Lionel and Matt, please let me know of any corrections or alterations and I will amend the list.

Catch Report - 28/07/16 - Home Wood nr Upper Caldecote - Bedfordshire - 3x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 80w MV with vertical sheet 1x Ratface Actinic/Blacklight Blue/Synergetic Heath Trap 1x 80w Actinic Briefcase Trap & 1x 40w Actinic/26w BLB Trap

Macro Moths - 72 Species

Black Arches Brimstone Moth Brown-line Bright-eye Brown-tail Buff Ermine Buff Footman Clay Cloaked Minor Clouded Border Clouded Silver Common Emerald Common Footman Common Rustic Dark Arches Dingy Footman Dot Moth Double Square-spot Double-striped Pug Drinker Dun-bar Dusky Sallow Dusky Thorn Early Thorn Engrailed Flame Carpet Flame Shoulder Green Pug Herald July Highflyer Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Least Carpet Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Lunar-spotted Piniom Magpie Maiden's Blush Maple Prominent Maple Pug Mere Wainscot Nut-tree Tussock Oak Eggar Peppered Moth Pine Hawk-moth Poplar Hawk-moth Pretty Chalk Carpet Purple Thorn Red Twin-spot Carpet Riband Wave Rosy Footman Ruddy Carpet Rufous Minor Rustic Sallow Kitten Scalloped Oak Scarce Footman Scorched Carpet Shaded Broad-bar Single-dotted Wave Slender Brindle Small Dotted Buff Small Fan-footed Wave Smoky Wainscot Snout Straw Dot Straw Underwing Swallow Prominent Swallow-tailed Moth V-Pug Vapourer Moth White Satin Moth Willow Beauty Yellow-tail

Micro Moths - 69 Species

Acentria ephemerella Acleris forsskaleana Acleris laterana/comariana Acleris notana/ferrugana Acrobasis advenella Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Agonnopterix alstromeriana Agonopterix heracliana Agonopterix liturosa Agriphila straminella Aspilapteryx tringipennella Batrachedra praeangusta Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Brachmia blandella Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella Cameraria ohridella Carcina quercana Carpatolechia fugitivella Catoptria falsella Celypha lacunana Chrysoteuchia culmella Cnephasia sp Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Cydia splendana Ditula angustiorana Donacaula forficella Eucosma brunnichana Eucosma cana Endotricha flammealis Epinotia abbreviana Epinotia signatana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eudemis profundana Eudonia lacustrata Eudonia mercurella Euzophora pinguis Grapholita janthinana Gypsonoma dealbana Gypsonoma sociana Hedya nubiferana Hypsopygia costalis Lathronympha strigana Lozotaenia forsterana Monopis weaverella Morophaga choragella Pandemis cerasana Pandemis corylana Pandemis heparana Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Parornix sp Phycita roborella Piniphila bifasciana Pleuroptya ruralis Plutella xylostella Prays fraxinella Recurvaria leucatella Rhyacionia buoliana Rhyacionia pinicolana Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia basistrigalis Spilonota ocellana Syncopacma sp Tinea trinotella Ypnomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta sp Ypsolopha scabrella