Saturday, July 22, 2006

Underwings!

Had the trap on all night last night and it was absolutely heaving this morning with moths of all shapes and sizes. The majority being Large Yellow Underwing, Common Footman and Silver Y but also ones and twos of several other species, including some new ones ...again!

Large yellow Underwing 25, Common Footman 20, Broad bordered Yellow Underwing 6, Svennson's Copper Underwing* 1, Least Yellow Underwing 1, Nut tree Tussock 1, Privet Hawkmoth 2, Yellow-tail 5, Willow Beauty* 1, Sycamore 1, Silver Y 10, Riband Wave 7, Common White Wave 3, Peppered Moth 2, Ruby Tiger 5, Dot Moth 2, Brimstone Moth 2, Dingy Footman 3, Scalloped Oak* 2, Poplar Hawkmoth 3, Pine Hawkmoth 1, Brown-eye Bright-line 2, Dark Arches 15, Clouded Border 1, Chinese Character 3, Common Wainscot 6, Swallow tailed Moth 2, Light Emerald 1, Uncertain 5, Blood-vein* 1, Elephant Hawkmoth 1, Rustic 2, Common Rustic 3, Lesser Common Rustic 2, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1, Clouded Magpie* 1, Gothic 1, Rosy Minor* 1, Dun-bar * 1, Poplar grey 1, Large Twin-spot Carpet* 2, Garden Carpet 1, Iron Prominent 1, Swallow Prominent 1, Early Thorn 2, Ghost moth1. Macro GYL 138.

Broad bordered Yellow Underwing


Svennson's Copper Underwing


Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing


Clouded Magpie


Dun-bar

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