Field Trip - Home Wood nr Upper Caldecote - Bedfordshire - 28/07/16

I made a trip back up to Bedfordshire to join Matt and Lionel Burgess for my second trapping session at Home Wood just down the road from Upper Caldecote and Matt's residence.

It did not seem like two years since we all met up previously and I must make the effort to make this an annual treat to sample slightly different moths to what I am usually use to. (Mere Wainscot springs instantly to mind). 

As we all finished setting up, I was glad that I had put black sacks over all of the electrical points and sheltered the generator as it absolutely HAMMERED it down! I knew that sky was looking a little angry but this wasn't forecast at all and we had to shelter from the deluge in our vehicles...all except Matt's son who got drenched insisting on 'netting' anything that turned up to the sheet (that's the spirit lad!) 

Matt arrived a little later to take is son home and commented on how dry the road was towards the wood...DRY!? We were flipping soaked.

The Wine Race was again won by Matt with an incredible lead once again and a bottle of bubbly was duly presented as we pondered how the night might pan out now that it had stopped raining after a good 20 minute downpour.

It was pretty slow to start with and didn't really get going but there was enough to keep us interested and we trapped until about 2AM.

The list is below and did not feature any 'Ground-breaking' species but it was nice all the same to catch up and have a laugh. 

Lionel and Matt, please let me know of any corrections or alterations and I will amend the list.

Catch Report - 28/07/16 - Home Wood nr Upper Caldecote - Bedfordshire - 3x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap 1x 80w MV with vertical sheet 1x Ratface Actinic/Blacklight Blue/Synergetic Heath Trap 1x 80w Actinic Briefcase Trap & 1x 40w Actinic/26w BLB Trap

Macro Moths - 72 Species

Black Arches

Brimstone Moth 

Brown-line Bright-eye

Brown-tail

Buff Ermine

Buff Footman

Clay

Cloaked Minor

Clouded Border

Clouded Silver

Common Emerald

Common Footman

Common Rustic

Dark Arches 

Dingy Footman

Dot Moth

Double Square-spot

Double-striped Pug

Drinker

Dun-bar

Dusky Sallow

Dusky Thorn

Early Thorn

Engrailed 

Flame Carpet

Flame Shoulder 

Green Pug

Herald

July Highflyer

Large Twin-spot Carpet

Large Yellow Underwing

Least Carpet

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Lunar-spotted Piniom

Magpie

Maiden's Blush 

Maple Prominent

Maple Pug

Mere Wainscot

Nut-tree Tussock

Oak Eggar

Peppered Moth 

Pine Hawk-moth

Poplar Hawk-moth

Pretty Chalk Carpet

Purple Thorn

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Riband Wave 

Rosy Footman

Ruddy Carpet 

Rufous Minor

Rustic

Sallow Kitten

Scalloped Oak

Scarce Footman

Scorched Carpet

Shaded Broad-bar

Single-dotted Wave

Slender Brindle

Small Dotted Buff

Small Fan-footed Wave

Smoky Wainscot

Snout

Straw Dot

Straw Underwing 

Swallow Prominent

Swallow-tailed Moth

V-Pug

Vapourer Moth

White Satin Moth

Willow Beauty

Yellow-tail 

Micro Moths - 69 Species

Acentria ephemerella

Acleris forsskaleana

Acleris laterana/comariana

Acleris notana/ferrugana

Acrobasis advenella

Agapeta hamana

Agapeta zoegana

Agonnopterix alstromeriana

Agonopterix heracliana

Agonopterix liturosa

Agriphila straminella

Aspilapteryx tringipennella

Batrachedra praeangusta

Blastobasis adustella

Blastobasis lacticolella

Brachmia blandella

Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella

Cameraria ohridella

Carcina quercana 

Carpatolechia fugitivella

Catoptria falsella

Celypha lacunana

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Cnephasia sp

Crambus perlella

Crassa unitella

Cydia splendana

Ditula angustiorana

Donacaula forficella

Eucosma brunnichana

Eucosma cana

Endotricha flammealis

Epinotia abbreviana

Epinotia signatana

Eucosma hohenwartiana

Eudemis profundana

Eudonia lacustrata

Eudonia mercurella

Euzophora pinguis

Grapholita janthinana

Gypsonoma dealbana

Gypsonoma sociana

Hedya nubiferana

Hypsopygia costalis

Lathronympha strigana

Lozotaenia forsterana

Monopis weaverella

Morophaga choragella

Pandemis cerasana

Pandemis corylana

Pandemis heparana

Paraswammerdamia albicapitella

Parornix sp

Phycita roborella

Piniphila bifasciana

Pleuroptya ruralis

Plutella xylostella

Prays fraxinella

Recurvaria leucatella

Rhyacionia buoliana

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Scoparia ambigualis

Scoparia basistrigalis

Spilonota ocellana

Syncopacma sp

Tinea trinotella

Ypnomeuta evonymella

Yponomeuta sp

Ypsolopha scabrella

Zeiraphera isertana

Carpatolechia fugitivella

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Flame Carpet

Black Arches

Lunar-spotted Pinion

Mere Wainscot