Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - Field Trip - 04/09/14

The first field trip of September (I wonder how many more now until the weather turns!) 

Last night I was joined by Roger and Steve at Roughdown Common in Hemel Hempstead.
We setup 3 traps, a mix of 125w Mv, 160w MBT and twin 40w Actinic with 26w CFL bulb.
We ran them through the Dell, starting at the top of the chalk pit right through the wood towards the edge of the A41.
Conditions were absolutely perfect with temperatures at around 19 degrees when lights were switched on as early as 8pm (wow these nights are drawing in fast!).
After roughly 4 hours we packed up the traps one by one.
We did relatively well and probably caught most species that were to be expected this time of year.
Best moth had to be the second record for this site this year of Metalampra italica.
Other interesting moths included a White-point, 2 Feathered Gothics, a late(ish) Pretty Chalk Carpet, Juniper Pug and Wax Moth.
There was also hoardes of Hawthorn and Forest Shield Bugs in the trap.
Other animals included a Roesel's Bush-Cricket, a first for me.

We also setup one MV trap up at Gadesprings (or base camp as we call it)

We returned at about 1am to see what was in the trap. There wasn't a great deal but we did manage a further 9 species that we didn't trap at Roughdown Common, with the pick of the bunch being an Orange Sallow and no less than 7 Old Lady's.

Catch Report - 04/09/14 – Roughdown Common - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap, 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.

Macro Moths

2x Angle Shades

3x Barred Hook-tip 

2x Black Arches

20x Brimstone Moth

1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

8x Centre-barred Sallow
1x Chinese Characte

1x Common Carpet

5x Common Marbled Carpet

2x Common Rustic

3x Common Wainscot

8x Copper Underwing

1x Double-striped Pug

1x Dusky Thorn

5x Feathered Gothic

2x Flame Shoulder 

2x Garden Carpet
10x Green Carpet

1x Grey Dagger

1x Iron Prominent

1x Juniper Pug

3x Large Yellow Underwing

4x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2x Lesser Yellow Underwing
3x Light Emerald 

4x Maiden's Blush

1x Marbled Beauty

4x Mouse Moth

1x Nutmeg

1x Oak Hook-tip
1x Pale Mottled Willow

1x Pretty Chalk Carpet

1x Purple Bar

2x Ruby Tiger

1x Setaceous Hebrew Character

2x Small Square-spot

5x Snout

1x Spectacle

25x Square-spot Rustic
1x Toadflax Pug

2x Vine's Rustic

1x White-point

2x Yellow Shell

Micro Moths

1x Metalampra italica 

5x Agriphila geniculea

3x Cacoecimorpha pronubana

3x Epinotia ramella

1x Epinotia nisella

4x Plutella xylostella

1x Stenolechia gemmella

1x Bucculatrix ulmella

1x Evergestis forficalis

2x Caloptilia syringella

3x Apotomis betuletana

1x Galleria mellonella

2x Cameraria ohridella

2x Phyllonorycter quercifoliella

2x Pandemis corylana

1x Cydia splendana

4x Rhopobota naevana

2x Blastobasis adustella

1x Hypsopygia costalis

2x Ypsolopha scabrella

1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella

2x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

1x Endrosis sarcitrella

1x Elachista canapennella

1x Coleophora trifolii

1x Emmelina monodactyla

1x Acleris rhombana

1x Tinea semifulvella

2x Epiphyas postvittana

1x Depressaria daucella

1x Agonopterix arenella

1x Yponomeuta sp

1x Acleris variegana

1x Carcina quercana

2x Argyresthia goedartella

  

Catch Report - 04/09/14 – Gadesprings - Hemel Hempstead - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Only extra species recorded 

Macro Moths

1x Common Wave

2x Burnished Brass

1x Six-striped Rustic

7x Old Lady

1x Orange Sallow

1x Red Twin-spot Carpet

Micro Moths

2x Clepsis spectrana

2x Celypha lacunana

1x Scythropia crataegella

Bucculatrix ulmella

Galleria mellonella

Juniper Pug

Metalampra italica

Orange Sallow

Stenolechia gemmella

White-point