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MOTH TRAPPING

Occassional moth trapping is carried out and here are some of the catches and photographs.

Species with links have photographs on this site (thanks to Paul Davidson, Keith Robson and especially Gordon Pollinger for the photographs)

 

 

MICROS
SWIFTS - HEPIALIDAE
NOTODONTIDAE GEOMETRIDAE NOCTUIDAE HAWKMOTHS

Unidentified

 

 

2007 - Clara Vale - 4 traps

Had an Open Day at Clara Vale NR, Gateshead but 4 traps produced a
grand total of only 40 moths of 19 species. At least there were a
few 'pretty' Canary Shoulder Thorns, Green Carpets and a Sallow for
23 members of the public to see.

A quick summary of catch at Clara Vale LNR, Gateshead on on 14 Sept 2007

Taxa
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 5
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 2
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 2
1769 Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 3
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 1
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 1
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 8
2266 Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura) 2
2274 Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 1
2299 Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) 2
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 1
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1

2007 - Clara Vale - 125W MV

A quick summary of catch on [9 June 2007]

Taxa
0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 4
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 3
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 2
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 1
1954 Bordered White (Bupalus piniaria) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 3
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 2
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 26
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 1
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 2
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 3
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 3
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 5
2382 Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 2
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 2
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 1

A quick summary of catch on [2 June 2007]

Taxa
0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 1
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 14
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 1

A quick summary of catch on [26 May 2007]

Taxa
1648 Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria) 1
1651 Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata) 3
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 3
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 2
1919 Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) 1*
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 1
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 2
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 5

May 19th - 18 moths of 12 species - Common Swift 1, Flame Carpet 1, Silver-ground Carpet 3, Small Phoenix 3, Common Pug 2, Brimstone Moth 1, Peppered Moth 1, Poplar Hawk-moth 1,Buff-tip 1, Powdered Quaker 1, Heart and Dart 3, Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 and Angle Shades 1
April 26th - 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Common Quaker,
April 25th - 1 Eriocrania subpurpurella, 1 Pale Tussock, 1 Lychnis, 1 Powdered Quaker, 1 Clouded Drab, 6 Hebrew Character, 2 Common Quaker, 3 Twenty-Plume Moth, 1 Common Pug, 1 Garden Carpet, 2 Common Carpet, 1 Pebble Hook-tip and 1 Brindled Pug.
April 5th - 3 Hebrew Character, 2 Common Quaker, 2 Small Quaker and 1 Early Grey
April 3rd - Hebrew Character, Common Quaker, Clouded Drab and Satellite

 

2008 - Clara Vale - 7 sessions


0288 Caloptilia stigmatella 2
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 3
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 6
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 3
1930 Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) 1
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 5
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 15
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 14
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 31
2236 Pale Pinion (Lithophane hepatica) 1
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3
2423 Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana) 2

2006 - Clara Vale - 125W MV
Taxon Vernacular Records Individuals
Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1 1
Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1 1
Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1 1
Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 6 11
Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1 1
Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2 6
Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 5 7
Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata Garden Carpet 2 5
Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1 1
Lampropteryx suffumata Water Carpet 1 1
Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2 9
Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1 2
Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 4 12
Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 2 4
Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1 1
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 1
Odezia atrata Chimney Sweeper 2 4
Petrophora chlorosata Brown Silver-line 2 2
Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5 8
Selenia lunularia Lunar Thorn 1 1
Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 2 2
Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1 1
Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3 5
Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1 1
Bupalus piniaria Bordered White 2 3
Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1 2
Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2 4
Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6 22
Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1 1
Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 6 17
Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6 9
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1 1
Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8 157
Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1 1
Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1 1
Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4 18
Noctua orbona Lunar Yellow Underwing 1 1
Diarsia brunnea Purple Clay 1 1
Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 1
Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1 2
Naenia typica Gothic 1 1
Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3 3
Melanchra pisi Broom Moth 2 3
Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1 3
Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1 12
Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3 5
Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 1
Blepharita adusta Dark Brocade 3 4
Acronicta psi Grey Dagger 1 1
Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 2 4
Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 5 22
Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 2 3
Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1 1
Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 6 16
Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1 1
Apamea crenata Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 3
Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 2 2
Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 5 12
Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 3 16
Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 6 15
Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 3 4
Autographa gamma Silver Y 5 5
Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y 6 21
Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1 1
Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1 1
Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1 1
Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2 4
Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 3 6

 

 

 

 

MICROS
SWIFTS - HEPIALIDAE
NOTODONTIDAE GEOMETRIDAE NOCTUIDAE HAWKMOTHS

Unidentified

 

 

 

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