Trips 2005

Twywell Hills & Dales

9th July 2005

Method Used: 5x 125W mercury vapour, 2x actinic, nets
Lights operated: 21:45hrs to 00:30hrs
Temperature: 17°C dropping to 10°C
Weather: Clear sky, mist forming towards midnight
B&F
Vernacular Name
Scientific Name
National Distribution
Approx. Numbers
14 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli humuli Common 3
1637 Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus quercus Common 1
1640 Drinker Euthrix potatoria Common 25
1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides Common 8
1669 Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria Common 3
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata Common 5
1708 Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata Common 12
1713 Riband Wave Idaea aversata Common 10
1732 Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata Common 21
1742 Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata bilineata Common 7
1765 Barred Yellow Cidaria fulvata Common 4
1858 V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Common 7
1860 Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata Common 2
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Common 4
1921 Scalloped Oak Crocallis elinguaria Common 4
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria Common 4
1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia Common 3
1976 Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Common 1
1979 Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae Common 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor Common 1
2030 Yellow-tail Euproctis similis Common 14
2044 Dingy Footman Eilema griseola Common 5
2047 Scarce Footman Eilema complana Local 35
2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola Common 2
2088 Heart and Club Agrotis clavis Common 11
2089 Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis Common 6
2098 Flame Axylia putris Common 3
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta Common 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Common 7
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata Common 1
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum Common 2
2171 Marbled Coronet Hadena confusa Local 1
2192 Brown-line Bright Eye Mythimna conigera Common 25
2193 Clay Mythimna ferrago Common 5
2198 Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura impura Common 7
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Common 6
2225 Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis Common 4
2278 Poplar Grey Acronicta megacephala Common 3
2283 Dark Dagger Acronicta tridens Common 1
2305 Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara Common 2
2318 Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina Common 3
2319 Lunar-spotted Pinion Cosmia pyralina Local 7
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha Common 8
2322 Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea Common 3
2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis Common 2
2339 Tawny Marbled Minor Oligia latruncula Common 4
2341 Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula Common 2
2343a Lesser Common Rustic Mesapamea didyma Common 1
2381 Uncertain Hoplodrina alsines Common 13
2382 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda Common 2
2410 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Common 2
2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota Common 1
2450 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita Common 2
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis Common 16
2477 Snout Hypena proboscidalis Common 5
Species Total: 55