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Field Trip - Bramfield Park Woods - 01/08/19

Back to Bramfield on the 1st of August, and the other side of the road this time, the damper more grassy part with less mature trees. The day had been very nice indeed and by the afternoon the conditions turned extremely muggy and perfect mothing weather. There was a brief shower driving to the site, and as always thought I would be in for a wet session, so rain guards were adorned and cables wrapped in shopping bags! Luckily that was the only rain all night and it stayed cloudy until packing up time at 2am if a little breezy. Highlights were, 6 species of Ypsolopha, headed by the rare Ypsolopha vittella, 5x Gypsy Moths (a new macro for me). And two species that have be baffled, and that will be gen det soon.

With close to 180 species, this goes down in history as my highest ever August catch, probably owing to the muggy conditions and being just on the cusp of the new month.

Here is the total list.

Macro Moths : 105 species Micro Moths : 73 species

Total : 178 species

Catch Report - 01/08/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap, 1x Twin 15w Actinic/Synergetic Combo & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total

Macro Moths

Black Arches Brimstone Moth Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Buff Footman Cabbage Moth Canary-shouldered Thorn Clay Cloaked Minor Clouded Border Common Carpet Common Footman Common Rustic Copper Underwing Coxcomb Prominent Dark Arches Dingy Footman Dun-bar Dusky Thorn Ear Moth Elephant Hawk-moth Flame Shoulder Gypsy Moth 5 Jersey Tiger July Highflyer Knot Grass Large Emerald Large Twin-spot Carpet Large Yellow Underwing Latticed Heath Least Carpet Least Yellow Underwing Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Lesser Swallow Prominent Lesser Yellow Underwing Maiden's Blush Nut-tree Tussock Oak Hook-tip Oak Nycteoline Olive Pale Prominent Pebble Hook-tip Pebble Prominent Peppered Moth Pine Hawk-moth Poplar Hawk-moth Red Twin-spot Carpet Riband Wave Rosy Footman Ruby Tiger Rustic Scalloped Hook-tip Scalloped Oak Scarce Footman Scorched Carpet Shaded Broad-bar Shuttle-shaped Dart Silver Y Single-dotted Wave Small Fan-footed Wave Small Phoenix Smoky Wainscot Snout Spectacle Square-spotted Clay Straw Underwing Swallow Prominent Tawny barred Angle Tree-lichen Beauty Uncertain White-spotted Pug Willow Beauty Yellow Shell Yellow-tail

Micro Moths

Acentria emphemerella Acleris forsskaleana Acleris laterana comariana Acleris notana ferrugana Acompsia cinerella Acrobasis advenella Acrobasis repandana Aethes smeathmanniana Agapeta hamana Agonopterix alstromeriana Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Anacampsis blatteriella Anacampsis populella Apotomis betuletana Apotomis turbidana Argyresthia albistria Argyresthia bonnetella Argyresthia goedartella Argyresthia pruniella Argyresthia trifasciella Aspilapteryx tringipennella Athrips mouffetella Bactra lancealana Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Brachmia blandella Bucculatrix ulmella Caloptila alchimiella robustella Cameraria ohridella Carcina quercana Caryocolum sp Catoptria falsella Catoptria pinella Celypha lacunana Celypha striana Chrysoteuchia culmella Clavigesta purdeyi Cnephasia sp Crassa unitella Cydalimna perspectalis Cydia fagiglandana Cydia splendana Dioryctria abietella Ditula angustiorana Elachista sp TBC pos poae Emmelina monodactlya Emmetia marginea Endotricha flammealis Ephestia sp Epinotia brunnichana Epinotia immundana Epinotia nisella Epinotia ramella Epinotia uddmanniana Eucosma cana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eucosma obumbratana Eudemis profundana Eudonia mercurella Eudonia pallida Eulamprotes atrella Euspilapteryx auroguttella Euzophera pinguis Exoteleia dodecella Gypsonoma dealbana Hedya salicella Helycystogramma rufescens Hypatimna rhomboidella Hypsopygia costalis Lathronympha strigana Lyonetia clerkella Metalampra italica Mompha propinquella Monochroa cytisella Monopis weaverella Oegoconia sp Oncocera semirubella Pandemis heparana Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Parornix sp Phycita roborella Phyllonorycter harisella Phyllonorycter trifasciella Piniphila bifasciana Pleuroptyra ruralis Plutella xylostella Recurvaria leucatella Rhopobota naevana Roeslerstammia erxlebella Scoparia ambigualis Scrobipalpa costella Spilonota ocellana Stigmella sp Udea prunalis Yponomeuta cag sp Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta rorrella Ypsolopha dentella Ypsolopha nemorella Ypsolopha parenthesella Ypsolopha scabrella Ypsolopha ustella Ypsolopha vittella