Trips 2004
Bedford Purlieus
26th March 2004
| 8 x 125W MV and 6 x Actinic (6W & 20W) | ||||
| Lights operated from 7:00pm to 10:30pm | ||||
| Temperature dropping to 6.5°C at 10:30pm. | ||||
| Overcast, still and no rain | ||||
| B&F | Vernacular Name | Scientific Name |
National Distribution
|
Approx. Numbers
|
| 1659 | Yellow Horned | Achlya flavicornis |
C
|
8
|
| 1663 | March Moth | Alsophila aescularia |
C
|
7
|
| 1746 | Shoulder Stripe | Anticlea badiata |
C
|
28
|
| 1747 | Streamer | Anticlea derivata |
C
|
1
|
| 1852 | Brindled Pug | Eupithecia abbreviata |
C
|
20
|
| 1917 | Early Thorn | Selenia dentaria |
C
|
2
|
| 1930 | Oak Beauty | Biston strataria |
C
|
3
|
| 1934 | Dotted Border | Agriopis marginaria |
C
|
20
|
| 1947 | Engrailed | Ectropis bistortata |
C
|
25
|
| 2139 | Red Chestnut | Cerastis rubricosa |
C
|
1
|
| 2140 | White-marked | Cerastis leucographa |
L
|
1
|
| 2182 | Small Quaker | Orthosia cruda |
C
|
1,500
|
| 2187 | Common Quaker | Orthosia cerasi |
C
|
180
|
| 2188 | Clouded Drab | Orthosia incerta |
C
|
40
|
| 2189 | Twin-spotted Quaker | Orthosia munda |
C
|
65
|
| 2190 | Hebrew Character | Orthosia gothica |
C
|
12
|
| 2236 | Pale Pinion | Lithophane hepatica |
L
|
1
|
| 2243 | Early Grey | Xylocampa areola |
C
|
5
|
| 2256 | Satellite | Eupsilia transversa |
C
|
2
|
| 2258 | Chestnut | Conistra vaccinii |
C
|
23
|
| Species Total |
20
|
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|
Key to National Distribution (Waring 1994
& 1999)
|
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| C | Common | Recorded in 301 or more 10Km grid squares since January 1980 | ||
| L | Local | Recorded in 101 to 300 grid squares | ||
| U | Uncommon | On alien foodplant, less that 100 grid squares | ||
| Nb | Nationally Scarce b | Recorded in 31 to 100 grid squares | ||
| Na | Nationally Scarce a | Recorded in 16 to 30 grid squares | ||
| pRDB | Proposed Red Data Book | Species declining, proposed for inclusion to Red Data Book | ||
| RDB | Red Data Book | Recorded in 15 or fewer grid squares | ||
| M | Migrant | Flown / transported by wind from sources outside the British Isles | ||
| RM | Rare Migrant | As above, ten or fewer records in the British Isles | ||