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.
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| 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:
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| Leopard |
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| Epiblema foenella |
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| female Ghost |
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| 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.
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| 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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