Northumberland has some great dunes systems. Combined with an extensive reed bed, this makes for great mothing habitat. An evening trapping with Tom Tams, Keith Dover, Alan Fairclough, Marge & Norman Tuck at East Chevington, concentrating on the reed beds we turned up quite a few goodies. New count records for Silky Wainscot, Southern Wainscot and Lempke's Gold Spot plus a few new species for me.
A great night out, with some good numbers of commoner species too...
We used 5 mv lights and 2 actinics between 9pm and 1am.
Taxa
Cnephasia species (Cnephasia sp.) 2
0014 Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) 4
0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) 35
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 1
0518 Coleophora mayrella 1
0609 Elachista maculicerusella 6 NEW
0706 Agonopterix nervosa 2
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 1
0938 Agapeta zoegana 19 NEW
1021 Flax Tortrix (Cnephasia asseclana) 4
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 2
1197 Eucosma campoliliana 1
1200 Eucosma hohenwartiana 2
1201 Eucosma cana 4
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 31
1305 Agriphila tristella 7
1336 Eudonia pallida 1
1509 Stenoptilia pterodactyla 2
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 89
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 24
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 3
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 2
1732 Shaded Broad-bar (Scotopteryx chenopodiata) 18
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 7
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 1
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 4
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1809 Twin-spot Carpet (Perizoma didymata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 3
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 3
2057 Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) 2
2064 Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) 24
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 2 NEW
2081 White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici) 17
2085 Archer's Dart (Agrotis vestigialis) 6
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 16
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 4
2130 Dotted Clay (Xestia baja) 16
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 10
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 5
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 5
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 5
2197 Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea) 26 NEW
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 189
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 1
2284x Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi) 1
2303 Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) 2
2305 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 21
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 5
2336 Double Lobed (Apamea ophiogramma) 23
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 1
2341 Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) 1 NEW
2342 Rosy Minor (Mesoligia literosa) 9
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 18
2345 Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) 4
2348 Lyme Grass (Chortodes elymi) 4
2368 Crescent (Celaena leucostigma) 1
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 1
2382 Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 3
2391 Silky Wainscot (Chilodes maritimus) 8 NEW
2399 Bordered Sallow (Pyrrhia umbra) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 7
2439 Gold Spot (Plusia festucae) 14
2440 Lempke's Gold Spot (Plusia putnami) 35
2443 Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota) 3
2444 Gold Spangle (Autographa bractea) 12
2449 Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 11
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 1
A good total of 808 moths of 78 species.
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| Elachista maculicerusella |
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| Agapeta zoegana |
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| Cloaked Minor |
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| Short cloaked Moth |
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| Archer's Dart |
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| Southern Wainscot |
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| Two forms of Silky Wainscot |
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