Once again I was absent from the SMGroup Meeting which was to be held on Hurlstone Point. Help with the access to this difficult site was arranged with the warden but as he had to go home early plans had to be changed and the event took place on Bossington Beach. Sheltered by a shingle bank with trees and ponds quite near the site had some promise. Mike Ridge and David Ayling enjoyed a cloudy but not cold night and caught 53 species. No mean total for the sort of site. The highlight was a Cresent Dart which is a new record for that 10km square. Also lots of ears were caught. Having dissected them all out of the 13 moths four were female and cannot be separated. Out of the other there were 4 large ears and 5 ear moths. I will show the pictures of the ears in my recorders remarks to show that you cannot indentify them without dissection.
- Bossington Beach Mike Ridge 3rd August 2007 Mike Ridge 3rd August 2007
- Code Taxon Vernacular Quantity
- 937 Agapeta hamana 8
- 998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
- 1260 Cydia splendana 1
- 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
- 1302 Crambus perlella 1
- 1304 Agriphila straminella 6
- 1305 Agriphila tristella 1
- 1342 Eudonia angustea 1
- 1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
- 1439 Trachycera advenella 1
- 1452 Phycita roborella 1
- 1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
- 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
- 1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
- 1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1
- 1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
- 1784 Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 1
- 1793 Euphyia biangulata Cloaked Carpet 1
- 1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 1
- 1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
- 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
- 1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
- 1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
- 1997 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 1
- 2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
- 2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 3
- 2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
- 2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
- 2090 Agrotis trux Crescent Dart 1
- 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
- 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
- 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
- 2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
- 2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
- 2118 Lycophotia porphyrea True Lover's Knot 3
- 2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
- 2158 Lacanobia thalassina Pale-shouldered Brocade 1
- 2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
- 2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
- 2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 6
- 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 13
- 2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
- 2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 2
- 2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 2
- 2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
- 2357 Amphipoea lucens Large Ear 4
- 2360 Amphipoea oculea Ear Moth 5
- 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
- 2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 3
- 2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1
Hope to see you at Breech Wood on Saturday. It's National Moth Night. We Meet at High Ham Cemetery at 8.30pm ST 425306