MOTHS

Moth trapping 04/07/2019

Our biggest catch so far, dominated by Dark Arches but lots of new species. This brings the week’s total to over 200, so aiming to get 300 by the end of the week

Macros
55 Dark Arches
18 Middle-barred Minor
13 Large Yellow Underwing
8 Silver-ground Carpet
8 Heart & Dart
6 Inrailed Clay
5 Latticed Heath
3 Flame Shoulder
3 Shears
3 Small Dotted Buff (NFG)
3 True Lover’s-Knot (NFG)
2 Dusky Brocade
2 Clouded-bordered Brindle
2 Buff Ermine
1 Pale-shouldered Brocade
1 Gothic (NFY)
1 Fan-Foot (NFY)
1 Clouded Border
1 Bright-line Brown-eye
1 Straw Dot
1 Marbled Minor agg
1 Brimstone
1 Burnished Brass
1 Green Carpet
1 Ruby Tiger
1 Common Pug
1 Rustic Shoulder-Knot
1 Elephant Hawk-moth
1 Beautiful Golden-Y (NFG)
1 Brown Rustic (NFG)
1 Common Marbled Carpet

Micros
5 Marbled Orchard Tortrix
4 Chrysoteuchia culmella
3 Bee Moth
1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
1 Diamondback Moth (NFG)
Total 147 macros of 31 species, 14 micros of 5 species making 161 moths of 36 species. 6 NFG and 2 NFY

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