As promised here are the results of the Somerset Moth Group night at Staple Common. What an amazing night and we had three couples turn up as well as Bill Urwin, Mike Ridge, Robin Clatworthy and I running lights. The accessibility into the site has been vastly extended due to the works of the Neroche Project. The catches to the new areas which looked promising were quite low but the was made up by the more un-cleared areas to the east. My thanks to a very enjoyable evening to Bill, Robin, Mike and Martin and Judy (new Moth Group members) and the two couples from Wellington who had seen the night advertised. My apologies to them as I dutifully took their names then promptly lost the bit of paper. Anyway they were much impressed by the colours and varieties of moths.
The list is as follows
- Staple Common 22nd June 2007
- Code Taxon Vernacular Quantity
- 17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
- 18 Hepialus fusconebulosa Map-winged Swift 2
- 143 Nematopogon metaxella 3
- 937 Agapeta hamana 1
- 36 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 31
- 972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 7
- 977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
- 1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
- 1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 4
- 1032 Aleimma loeflingiana 1
- 1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1
- 1076 Celypha lacunana 1
- 1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
- 1093 Apotomis betuletana 6
- 1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 4
- 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
- 1332 Scoparia subfusca 2
- 1334 Scoparia ambigualis 10
- 1339 Eudonia murana 11
- 1377 Perinephela lancealis 8
- 1392 Udea olivalis 23
- 1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
- 1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 4
- 1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
- 1654 Tethea ocularis octogesimea Figure of Eighty 1
- 1667 Comibaena bajularia Blotched Emerald 6
- 1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 6
- 1681 Cyclophora linearia Clay Triple-lines 11
- 1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
- 1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 16
- 1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 3
- 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
- 1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
- 1768 Thera obeliscata Grey Pine Carpet 1
- 1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
- 1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 4
- 1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 16
- 1793 Euphyia biangulata Cloaked Carpet 2
- 1802 Perizoma affinitata Rivulet 1
- 1809 Perizoma didymata Twin-spot Carpet 1
- 1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 2
- 1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1
- 1856 Eupithecia lariciata Larch Pug 3
- 1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 1
- 1877 Hydrelia sylvata Waved Carpet 8
- 1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 42
- 1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 2
- 1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 3
- 1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 13
- 1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 2
- 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 19
- 1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
- 1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 6
- 1931 Biston betularia f. insularia Peppered Moth [melanic form] 1
- 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
- 1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 76
- 1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
- 1955 Cabera pusaria Common White Wave 5
- 1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 3
- 1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 5
- 1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 53
- 1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
- 1999 Stauropus fagi Lobster Moth 3
- 2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 4
- 2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 1
- 2039 Atolmis rubricollis Red-necked Footman 3
- 2051 Lithosia quadra Four-spotted Footman 1
- 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
- 2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 18
- 2098 Axylia putris Flame 7
- 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 11
- 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
- 2120 Diarsia mendica Ingrailed Clay 3
- 2122 Diarsia brunnea Purple Clay 21
- 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
- 2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
- 2138 Anaplectoides prasina Green Arches 14
- 2150 Polia nebulosa Grey Arches 1
- 2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
- 2305 Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 10
- 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
- 2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
- 2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
- 2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 16
- 2421 Bena bicolorana Scarce Silver-lines 1
- 2422 Pseudoips prasinana britannica Green Silver-lines 1
- 2442 Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y 4
- 2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 1
- 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
- 2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 2
- 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 3
- 2476 Hypena crassalis Beautiful Snout 1
- 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 12
- 2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2
- 2492 Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 9
This amounts to 95 species and look at the numbers of Mottled beautys. I suppose the real surprise was the four spotted footman which is a migrant. Or is it? The weather has been foul. Very few migrant have been seen just a few hawks so it makes one wonder because the habitat is so right. However Mike's beautiful snout, (pardon the phrase) is for me rivalling the blotched emeralds as moth of the night.
Thanks to all.