Chippenham Fen - Field Trip - 25/07/24 - National Moth Week!

It was that time of year again, to club together and support National Moth Week worldwide.

So many fantastic events were run and some incredible species observed all around the world.

Unfortunately my health took a turn for the worse and I did miss out on a few planned trips out, so I had to settle on my local nature reserve as my easiest option given my virus.

 

I set up 3 traps (which took me blooming ages, coughing and spluttering). 

 

The weather was perfect and we amassed a great selection of mid-summer species, including a bit of colour thrown in for good measure (The theme this year for National Moth Week). 

168 species were logged over 4 hours of trapping, with some stellar species present such as White-spotted Pinion, Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, Golden-rod Pug & Scalloped Hook-tip.

A really fresh Batrachedra praeangusta was great to see, with it's mottled flecks.

All in all a super night.

25/07/24 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap, 1x 250w Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

August Thorn
Black Arches
Brimstone Moth
Brown-line Bright-eye
Buff Footman
Canary-shouldered Thorn
Chinese Character
Clay
Cloaked Minor
Clouded Border
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Common Rustic
Common Wave
Common White Wave
Coronet
Dark Arches
Dark Umber
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Dingy Footman
Double Square-spot
Drinker
Dun-bar
Dusky Sallow
Dwarf Cream Wave
Fen Wainscot
Flame Shoulder
Golden-rod Pug
Haworth's Pug
Iron Prominent
Kent Black Arches
Knot Grass
Large Emerald
Large Yellow Underwing
Latticed Heath
Least Carpet
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Lesser Cream Wave
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lime-speck Pug
Maple Prominent
Marbled White Spot
Miller
Nut-tree Tussock
Pale Prominent
Pebble Hook-tip
Pebble Prominent
Pine Hawk-moth
Pretty Chalk Carpet
Purple Bar
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Reed Leopard
Riband Wave
Rivulet
Rosy Footman
Round-winged Muslin
Ruby Tiger
Rustic
Sallow Kitten
Scalloped Hook-tip
Scarce Footman
Scarlet Tiger
Shaded Broad-bar
Silver Y
Single-dotted Wave
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small Phoenix
Small Rufous
Smoky Wainscot
Southern Wainscot
Swallow-tailed Moth
Twin-spotted Wainscot
V-pug
White Satin
White-spotted Pinion
Wormwood Pug
Yellow Shell
Yellow-tail 

Micro Moths

Acentria emphemerella
Acleris forskalleana
Adaina microdactyla
Agapeta hamana
Agapeta zoegana
Agonopterix alstromeriana
Agonopterix angelicella
Agonopterix heracliana
Agriphila straminella
Agriphila tristella
Anacampsis blattariella/populella
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Apotomis betuletana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia albistria
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia goedartella
Aspilapteryx tringipennella
Batia lunaris
Batrachedra praeangusta
Brachmia blandella
Bryotropha senectella
Calomotropha paludella
Caloptilia elongella
Caloptilia rufipennella
Caloptilia semifascia
Caloptilia stigmatella
Cameraria ohridella
Carcina quercana
Cataclysta lemnata
Celypha striana
Chilo phragmitella
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clavigesta purdeyi
Clepsis consimilana
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla
Cnephasia sp
Cochylidia implicitana
Cosmopterix lienigiella
Crassa unitella
Cydalima perspectalis
Cydia splendana
Dichomeris alacella
Dichrorampha simpliciana
Elachista canapennella
Elachista maculicerusella
Elachista utonella
Elophila nymphaeata
Endotricha flammealis
Epinotia nanana
Epinotia nisella
Eucosma cana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia mercurella
Eudonia truncicolella
Euzophera pinguis
Evergestis limbata
Gelechia muscosella
Gypsonoma sociana
Helcystogramma rufescens
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Homoeosoma sinuella
Hypsopygia glaucinalis
Limnaecia phragmitella
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Mompha ochraceella
Monopis weaverella
Neocochylis dubitana
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pandemis corylana
Pandemis dumetana
Pandemis heparana
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Parornix sp
Patania ruralis
Phalonidia manniana/udana
Phyllonorycter rajella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Rhopobota naevana
Rhyacionia buoliana
Scrobipalpa costella
Sitochroa verticalis
Spilonota ocellana
Yponomeuta cag/mal/pad
Yponomeuta evonynella
Yponomeuta rorrella

White-spotted Pinion

250w MV Robinson Trap

Apotomis betuletana

Batrachedra praeangusta

Caloptilia semifascia

Clavigesta purdeyi

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Epinotia nisella

Scalloped Hook-tip