Trips 2006

Salcey Forest

5th May 2006

Method Used: 8 x 125W MV, 1 x 15W Actinic
Lights operated: 20:45hrs to 23:30hrs
Temperature: 11°C dropping to 7 °C
Weather: Clear sky, light wind
B&F
Vernacular Name
Scientific Name
National Distribution
Approx. Numbers
1645
 Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria
Common
1
1660
 Frosted Green Polyploca ridens
Local
7
1724
 Red Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe spadicearia
Common
3
1747
 Streamer Anticlea derivata
Common
3
1750
 Water Carpet Lampropteryx suffumata
Common
7
1781
 Small Waved Umber H. vitalbata
Local
1
1852
 Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata
Common
8
1887
 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
Common
6
1888
 Scorched Carpet Ligdia adustata
Local
2
1917
 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria
Common
5
1919
 Purple Thorn Selenia tetralunaria
Common
20
1927
 Brindled Beauty L. hirtaria
Common
1
1931
 Peppered Moth Biston betularia
Common
1
1956
 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
Common
1
2003
 Pebble Prominent Notodonta ziczac
Common
6
2007
 Swallow Prominent Pheosia tremula
Common
1
2011
 Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina
Common
1
2015
 Lunar Marbled Brown Drymonia ruficornis
Common
40
2019
 Chocolate-tip C. curtula
Common
1
2078
 Least Black Arches Nola confusalis
Local
1
2139
 Red Chestnut C. rubricosa
Common
1
2140
 White-marked Cerastis leucographa
Local
5
2182
 Small Quaker Orthosia cruda
Common
1
2186
 Powdered Quaker O. gracilis
Common
1
2187
 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi
Common
2
2188
 Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta
Common
5
2189
 Twin-spotted Quaker O. munda
Common
1
2190
 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
Common
8
2256
 Satellite Eupsilia transversa
Common
1
2258
 Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Common
3
2306
 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa
Common
1
2450
 Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
Common
1
Species Total: 32