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    Moth trapping 24/06/20

    Macros 17 Middle-barred Minor 14 Buff Ermine 13 Silver-ground Carpet 6 Yellow Shell 2 Smoky Wainscot (NFY) 2 Dark Arches 2 Large Yellow Underwing 2 Heart & Dart 1 Brimstone 1 Map-winged Swift 1 Snout 1 Green Carpet 1 Common Wave 1 Poplar Hawkmoth 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Gothic (NFY) Micros 4 Eudonia mercurella 3 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (NFY) 2 Privet Tortix 1 Dichrorampha sp 1 Tachystola acroxantha 1 Tinea semifulvella (NFG) 1 Ethmia quadrillella (NFY) 1 Epoecilia angustana Total 71 macros of 17 species, 14 micros of 8 species making 85 moths of 25 species. 4 NFY and 1 NFG

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    Moth trapping 24/06/20

    Macros 21 Middle-barred Minor 8 Silver-ground Carpet 5 Buff Ermine 4 Heart & Dart 4 Yellow Shell 3 Marbled Minor agg 3 Map-winged Swift 2 Ingrailed Clay 2 Dusky Brocade 2 Grey Pug 1 Silver Y 1 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Iron Prominent (NFG) 1 Riband Wave (NFY) 1 Fan Foot (NFY) 1 Flame (NFY) 1 Brimstone 1 Dark Arches 1 Brown Silver-line 1 Small Phoenix 1 Beautiful Golden Y 1 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Broom Moth (NFY) 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Common Pug 1 Clouded Border 1 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Snout (NFY) Micros 5 Scoparia ambigualis 4 Privet Tortrix (NFY) 3 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 Tachystola acroxantha (NFY) Total 71…

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    Moth trapping 22/06/20

    Macros 14 Middle-barred Minor 7 Heart & Dart 2 Buff Ermine 2 Common Marbled Carpet 2 Dusky Brocade (NFY) 2 Small Rivulet (NFY) 1 Small Angle Shades (NFY) 1 Map-winged Swift (NFY) 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Campion (NFG) 1 Marbled Minor agg 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Grey Pug 1 Beautiful Golden Y 1 Common White Wave Micros 2 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Celypha lacunana 1 Chrysoteuchia culmella 1 Diamondback Moth Total 40 macros of 17 species, 5 micros of 4 species making 45 moths of 21 species. 4 NFY and 1 NFG

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    Moth trapping 15/06/20

    Macros 13 Middle-barred Minor 11 Silver-ground Carpet 8 Buff Ermine 4 Rustic Shoulder-knot 4 Common Swift 3 Latticed Heath 3 White Ermine 2 Beautiful Golden Y 2 Common Pug 1 Yellow Shell 1 Grass Rivulet 1 Clouded Border 1 Willow Beauty 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Spruce Carpet (NFY) 1 Dark Arches (NFY) 1 True Lover’s Knot (NFY) 1 Freyer’s Pug (NFG) Micros 1 Bee Moth 1 Eudonia mercurella (NFY) 1 Nemapagon sp (NFG) 1 Yellow-faced Bell Total 60 macros of 19 species, 4 micros of 4 species making 64 moths of 23 species. 4 NFY and 2 NFY

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    Moth trapping 14/06/20

    Macros 9 Silver-ground Carpet 7 Middle-barred Minor 6 Buff Ermine 5 Common Swift 5 Heart & Dart 3 Flame Shoulder 2 Ingrailed Clay 2 Common Pug 2 Beautiful Golden Y 1 Burnished Brass (NFY) 1 Silver Y (NFY) 1 Bright-line Brown-eye 1 Brown Silver-line 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Brimstone 1 Common Carpet 1 Small Phoenix Micros 2 Agonopterix arenella 1 Yellow-faced Bell 1 White-shouldered House-moth 1 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (NFY) 1 Chrysoteuchia culmella (NFY) 1 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Cydia ulicetana (NFG) Total 50 macros of 18 species, 8 micros of 7 species making 58 moths of 25 species. 4 NFY and 1 NFG.

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    Moth trapping 13/06/2020

    Macros 8 Silver-ground Carpet 4 Heart & Dart 4 Common Pug 4 Middle-barred Minor 3 Common Swift 2 Buff Ermine 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 Small Phoenix 1 Common Carpet 1 Thyme Pug 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Scalloped Hazel 1 Yellow Shell (NFY) 1 Large Yellow Underwing (NFY) 1 Green Carpet (NFY) 1 Peppered Moth (NFY) 1 Mottled Rustic (NFG) Micros 3 Celypha lacunana (NFY) 1 Opostega salaciella (NFY) 1 Yellow-faced Bell (NFG) 1 Scoparia subfusca 1 Scoparia ambigualis Total 41 macros of 20 species, 7 micros of 5 species making 48 moths of 25 species. 6 NFY and 2 NFG

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    Moth trapping 12/06/20

    Macros 10 Heart & Deart 4 Flame Shoulder 4 Common Swift 3 Silver-ground Carpet 3 Rustic Shoulder-knot 2 Ingrailed Clay 1 Buff Ermine 1 Ruby Tiger 1 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Shears 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (NFY) Micros 1 White-shouldered House-moth 1 Crambus pascuella (NFY) Total 30 macros of 11 species, 2 micros of 2 species making 32 moths of 13 species. 2 NFY

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    Moth trapping 09/06/20

    Macros 5 Brimstone 4 Common Swift 3 Flame Shoulder 2 Common Pug 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 Silver-ground Carpet 2 Latticed Heath 2 Heart & Deart 1 Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Broad-barred White 1 Beautiful Golden Y 1 Shears 1 Ingrailed Clay 1 Middle-barred Minor 1 Flame Carpet 1 Angle Shades 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 Willow Beauty (NFY) 1 Thyme Pug (NFG) Micros 2 Small Magpie 1 Agonopterix arenella 1 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Crambus lathoniellus 1 Byrotropha terrella (NFG) Total 33 macros of 19 species, 7 micros of 5 species making 40 moths of 24 species. 2 NFG and 1 NFY

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    Moth trapping 02/06/20

    A great catch and my highest total of the year so far Macros 8 Silver-ground Carpet 7 Common Pug 6 Heart and Dart 5 Common Carpet 4 Common Swift 3 Grass Rivulet (NFY) 2 Small Phoenix 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 Brown Silver-line 2 Middle-barred Minor (NFY) 1 Knot-Grass 1 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Brimstone 1 Beautiful Golden Y (NFY) 1 Plain Golden Y (NFY) 1 Buff Ermine 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 Broken-barred Carpet (NFG) 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade 1 Grey Pug (NFY) 1 Narrow-winged Pug (NFY) Micros 2 Brown House Moth 2 Small Magpie 1 Syndemis musculana 1 White-shouldered House-moth 1 Bee Moth 1 Scoparia ambigualis 1 Scoparia…

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    Moth trapping 30/05/20

    Macros 13 Common Pug 2 Silver-ground Carpet 2 Knot-Grass 2 Ruby Tiger 2 White Ermine 2 Scalloped Hazel 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Small Phoenix 1 Clouded Silver 1 Common Marbled Carpet (NFY) 1 Ingrailed Clay (NFY) 1 Latticed Heath (NFY) 1 Flame Carpet 1 Clouded Border 1 Buff Ermine 1 Small Elephant Hawk Moth Micros 1 Small Magpie 1 White-shouldered House Moth 1 Syndemis musculana Total 33 macros of 16 species, 3 micros of 3 species making 36 moths of 19 species. 3 NFY

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    Moth trapping 29/05/20

    Macros 5 Common Pug 3 Buff Ermine 2 Scalloped Hazel 2 Rustic Shoulder-knot 2 Common Swift 1 Clouded Border (NFY) 1 White Ermine 1 Silver-ground Carpet (NFY) 1 Pale-shouldered Brocade 1 Heart and Dart (NFY) Micros 1 Small Magpie (NFY) Total 19 macros of 10 species, 1 micro of 1 species making 20 moths of 11 species. 4 NFY

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    Moth trapping 28/05/20

    7 Common Pug 3 Scalloped Hazel 2 Ruby Tiger 2 Buff Ermine 1 Sallow Kitten (NFG) 1 Marbled Minor agg (NFY) 1 Small Phoenix 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Common Carpet 1 Broad-barred White 1 White Ermine 1 Common Swift 1 Hebrew Character 1 Knot-Grass 1 Flame Shoulder Total 25 moths of 15 species. 1 NFG and 1 NFY

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    Moth trapping 27/05/20

    A bit of a quieter night due to temperature Macros 5 Buff Ermine 3 Common Swift (NFY) 2 Common Pug 1 Scalloped Hazel 1 Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 Bright-line Brown-eye (NFY) Micros 1 Colephora species (gen det) (NFG) Total 14 moths of 7 species. 2 NFY and 1 NFG

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