Ruddy Carpet!

Yes, everyone likes it when they get a new carpet! And what a stunner- not too many records in Bedfordshire either for this Nb species...... Apart from this, not too much to talk about as the trap was relatively empty. Not even a Large Nutmeg, which is a good thing I suppose.

Ruddy Carpet

The results for 07/06- 26 of 15 species-

• 1063 Celypha striana 1 
• 1474 Ephestia parasitella 1 
• 1735 Catarhoe rubidata Ruddy Carpet 1 Garden 1st 
• 1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1 
• 1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 2 
• 1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 
• 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3 
• 1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 
• 2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1 
• 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8 
• 2098 Axylia putris Flame 2 
• 2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 
• 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3 
• 2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1 
• 2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1