List for Home Wood- 25th May

Here is a belated list from a productive night's mothing last week; We used 2 x 80w Mercury Vapour lights and an Actinic/BLB combo. We then left one of the MV's in the wood for the rest of the night and Trent collected it in the morning.  Despite a few hiccups with the cheapo MVs 'dropping out' occasionally we managed to do quite well. Barely a breeze and good temperatures of a constant 14°C obviously helped. Many thanks to Andy Grimsey for his help in trying to keep up! It's a steep leaning curve this mothin' lark.

I am still experiencing major problems with blogger as I can't sign in! We are a week into the glitch now......is anyone else finding this problem? I can't comment on posts, even on my own blog!

Beautiful Hook-tip

1 of 2 caught in the Actinic/UV combo

Home Catapillar

I don't know much about larvae- I need to get a decent book I suppose?

More to come in the next few days.

Anyway the list, 238 moths of 64 species-

• 0017 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 29 NFS
• 0143 Nematopogon metaxella 30 NFS
• 0150 Adela reaumurella 1
• 0246 Tinea semifulvella 1 NFS
• 0417 Argyresthia spinosella 1 NFS
• 489-526 Coleophora sp.??? 1 NFS To be Confirmed
• 0601 Elachista albifrontella 1 NFS
• 0620 Elachista gangabella 1 NFS
• 0649 Esperia sulphurella 1 NFS
• 0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1 NFS
• 0970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3 NFS
• 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 NFS
• 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFS
• 1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFS
• 1142 Epinotia tedella 1 NFS
• 1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1 NFS
• 1219 Lathronympha strigana 1 NFS
• 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 6 NFS
• 1392 Udea olivalis 8 NFS
• 1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 2
• 1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 4
• 1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 20 NFS
• 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 4 NFS
• 1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1
• 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1 NFS
• 1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1
• 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 6
• 1778 Hydriomena impluviata May Highflyer 2 NFS
• 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
• 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 2 NFS
• 1844 Eupithecia indigata Ochreous Pug 3 NFS
• 1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1 NFS
• 1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 3 NFS
• 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2 NFS
• 1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 10 NFS
• 1950 Parectropis similaria Brindled White-spot 1 NFS
• 1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4 NFS
• 1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 11 NFS
• 1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1 NFS
• 1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1 NFS
• 2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
• 2014 Drymonia dodonaea Marbled Brown 1 NFS
• 2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 7 NFS
• 2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 5
• 2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1 NFS
• 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5 NFS
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3 NFS
• 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
• 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 NFS
• 2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFS
• 2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 4 NFS
• 2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 9 NFS
• 2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3 NFS To be confirmed
• 2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 8 NFS
• 2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 NFS
• 2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1 NFS
• 2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 2 NFS
• 2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1 NFS
• 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1 NFS
• 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 2 NFS
• 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2 NFS
• 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1 NFS