Trips 2004

Priors Hall Quarry, Corby

(Wonderworld Site)

25th June 2004


Five 125W MV and one Actinic
Lights operated from 10:00pm to 12:30am
Temperature 10°C at 10:00pm dropping to 5°C at 12:30am.
Clear sky, moderate south westerly winds and no rain
B&F Vernacular Name Scientific name
National Distribution
Approx. Numbers
14 Ghost Swift Hepialus humuli
C
2
17 Common Swift Hepialus lupulinus
C
3
1634 Lackey Malacosoma neustria
C
3
1640 Drinker Euthrix potatoria
C
6
1669 Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria
C
1
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
C
2
1705 Dwarf Cream Wave Idaea fuscovenosa
L
2
1742 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata
C
1
1765 Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata
C
12
1766 Blue-bordered Carpet Plemyria rubiginata plumbata
C
1
1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia
C
1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria
C
1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor
C
1
2011 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina
C
2
2035 Round-winged Muslin Thumatha senex
L
1
2040 Four-dotted Footman Cybosia mesomella
L
2
2061 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum
C
1
2088 Heart & Club Agrotis clavis
C
1
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
C
2
2197 Southern Wainscot Mythimna straminea
L
4
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
C
4
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha
C
2
2330 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa
C
1
2347 Concolorous Chortodes extrema
RDB
3
2349 Mere Wainscot Chortodes fluxa
Nb
2
2493 Dotted Fan-foot Macrochilo cribrumalis
Nb
1
Species Total
26
Key to National Distribution (Waring 1994 & 1999)
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