Trips 2005

Bedford Purlieus

5th August 2005

Method Used: Thirteen 125W MV lights, one 40W actinic and sugar
Lights operated: 21:00hrs to 001:30hrs
Temperature: 15°C dropping to 11.5°C
Weather: Clear sky with a fresh North-westerley breeze
B&F Vernacular Name Scientific Name National Distribution Approx. Numbers
15 Orange Swift Hepialus sylvina Common 1
1640 Drinker Euthrix potatoria Common 5
1651 Chinese Character Cilix glaucata Common 3
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Common 20
1708 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Common 5
1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Common 12
1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia Common 36
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata Common 3
1726 Large Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Local 10
1732 Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata Common 10
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata alternata Common 25
1752 Purple Bar Cosmorhoe ocellata Common 3
1755 Chevron Eulithis testata Common 1
1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Common 5
1777 July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata Common 15
1781 Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata Common 5
1784 Pretty Chalk Carpet Melanthia procellata Common 5
1790 Tissue Triphosa dubitata Local 1
1792 Dark Umber Philereme transversata britannica Local 4
1811 Slender Pug Eupithecia tenuiata Common 1
1812 Maple Pug Eupithecia inturbata Local 1
1834 Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata vulgata Common 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle Acasis viretata Local 1
1884 Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata Common 2
1888 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata Local 2
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Common 10
1917 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Common 4
1921 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Common 4
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria Common 1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria Common 40
1947 Engrailed Ectropis bistortata Common 10
2000 Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius Common 3
2003 Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac Common 5
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent Pheosia gnoma Common 4
2007 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula Common 5
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina Common 10
2009 Maple Prominent Ptilodontella cucullina Local 1
2030 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Common 15
2033 Black Arches Lymantria monacha Local 30
2044 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Common 2
2047 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Local 2
2049 Buff Footman Eilema depressa Local 3
2064 Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa Common 10
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta puta Common 5
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Common 10
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Common 15
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Common 4
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Common 1
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Common 50
2112 Least Yellow Underwing Noctua interjecta caliginosa Common 1
2120 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica mendica Common 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Common 2
2128 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Common 1
2131 Square-spotted Clay Xestia rhomboidea Nb 30
2173 Lychnis Hadena bicruris Common 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura impura Common 1
2279 Sycamore Acronicta aceris Local 1
2289 Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis Common 5
2297 Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea Common 1
2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing Amphipyra berbera svenssoni Common 2
2303 Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura Common 2
2318 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Common 70
2319 Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina Local 1
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Common 20
2335 Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina Local 4
2341 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula Common 5
2343 Common Rustic Mesapamea secalis Common 30
2352 Dusky Sallow Eremobia ochroleuca Common 5
2423 Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana Local 1
2441 Silver Y Autographa gamma Migrant 1
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Common 4
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis Common 5
Species Total: 72