I am talking to the Low Ham Ladies Group tonight so went trapping at Gares Barton with the kind permission of Angela Wilden last night to show the group some real moths. The night went a bit cold but the rain held off as the wind died. The site has wonderful flower rich meadows and large gardens. 47 species out of the 169 moths counted except a number of Minors but not the splendid rufous minors which I sorted out today.
- Code Taxon Vernacular Quantity
- 17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 73
- 464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
- 970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
- 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
- 1076 Celypha lacunana 1
- 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
- 1178 Epiblema roborana 5
- 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
- 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 7
- 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
- 1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
- 1654 Tethea ocularis octogesimea Figure of Eighty 1
- 1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 5
- 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
- 1766 Plemyria rubiginata rubiginata Blue-bordered Carpet 1
- 1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
- 1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 4
- 1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
- 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
- 1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
- 1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 3
- 1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
- 2058 Arctia villica britannica Cream-spot Tiger 1
- 2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
- 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
- 2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 6
- 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 55
- 2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
- 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
- 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
- 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 12
- 2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
- 2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 5
- 2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 14
- 2204 Mythimna obsoleta Obscure Wainscot 2
- 2205 Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
- 2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 2
- 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
- 2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
- 2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
- 2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 6
- 2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 4
- 2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 3
- 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
- 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 9
- 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
My thanks to Angela and her husband who were well impressed with the privet hawks and the showy moths I saved for them