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Tuesday 28 June 2011

What a fantastic night...

With the forecast looking great, I thought I would give Staveley Nature Reserve a whirl, having sought the necessary permissions.  A super site, although a bit of a trek with all the equipment.  Having set up two traps in the wood, and the MVB over the sheet in the open area, I settled down to savour the last rays of sunlight on a beautiful warm and still evening.
Dawn at Staveley
It turned out to be a busy night with about 1000 moths of just over 100 species, including several new micros for me.  A pick of the best photos follows:
Leopard
Epiblema foenella
female Ghost
Eyed Hawk-moth and Elephant Hawk-moth
A pyralid which was new for me was Phlyctaenia perlucidalis of which I caught four, but as a moth was only first discovered in the UK in the Huntingdon fens in 1957.  It is still a scarce species with a mainly south-eastern distribution, but does occur in very small numbers in Yorkshire.
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis

  Coleophora species (Coleophora sp.)  6
0014  Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli)  3
0016  Gold Swift (Hepialus hecta)  3
0161  Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)  1
0937  Agapeta hamana  82
0946  Aethes rubigana  2
0970  Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana)  2
0977  Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana)  1
1063  Celypha striana  17
1076  Celypha lacunana  16
1083  Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana)  1
1175  Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana)  6
1183  Epiblema foenella  1
1197  Eucosma campoliliana  1
1201  Eucosma cana  9
1219  Lathronympha strigana  1
1290  Chilo phragmitella  1
1293  Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)  235
1301  Crambus lathoniellus  2
1334  Scoparia ambigualis  13
1336  Eudonia pallida  3
1345  Brown China-mark (Elophila nymphaeata)  14
1354  Small China-mark (Cataclysta lemnata)  2
1376  Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata)  5
1380  Phlyctaenia perlucidalis  4
1392  Udea olivalis  1
1405  Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)  2
1428  Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella)  2
1458  Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta)  4
1640  Drinker (Euthrix potatoria)  10
1653  Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)  2
1654  Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis)  1
1669  Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)  2
1682  Blood-vein (Timandra comae)  2
1702  Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)  1
1708  Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)  2
1713  Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata)  6
1726  Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata)  2
1727  Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)  2
1757  Spinach (Eulithis mellinata)  1
1758  Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata)  8
1765  Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)  1
1776  Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)  14
1777  July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata)  23
1825  Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)  1
1860  Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)  3
1862  Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)  1
1887  Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)  3
1904  Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria)  1
1906  Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)  2
1922  Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)  4
1931  Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)  3
1941  Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)  6
1947x  Engrailed/Small Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata/crepuscularia)  1
1955  Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)  1
1956  Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)  1
1961  Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata)  6
1980  Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata)  1
1981  Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)  9
1991  Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)  9
1992  Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus)  1
1994  Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)  5
2008  Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina)  1
2028  Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)  1
2030  Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)  1
2050  Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)  8
2060  White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)  1
2061  Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)  1
2064  Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)  2
2069  Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)  6
2077  Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella)  2
2089  Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)  47
2098  Flame (Axylia putris)  21
2102  Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)  6
2107  Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)  3
2120  Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica)  1
2122  Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea)  1
2126  Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)  1
2128  Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)  50
2134  Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)  17
2155  Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)  1
2160  Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)  5
2173  Lychnis (Hadena bicruris)  2
2193  Clay (Mythimna ferrago)  5
2198  Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)  34
2205  Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma)  1
2305  Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)  1
2314  Dingy Shears (Parastichtis ypsillon)  8
2322  Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)  7
2330  Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)  4
2337x  Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.)  6
2340  Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)  22
2381  Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines)  35
2382  Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)  19
2410  Marbled White Spot (Protodeltote pygarga)  1
2434  Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)  4
2442  Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)  6
2450  Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)  2
2474  Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)  23
2477  Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)  5
2489  Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis)  4

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