Following the recent pug discussion, here's a summary of the 19 species recorded in my garden since 2007.
| Species |
Records |
Individuals |
First Recorded |
Last Recorded |
| Double-striped Pug |
120 |
197 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Common Pug |
39 |
59 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Green Pug |
25 |
44 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Lime-speck Pug |
23 |
23 |
2007 |
2013 |
| V-Pug |
23 |
25 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Wormwood Pug |
11 |
11 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Golden-rod Pug |
11 |
11 |
2008 |
2013 |
| Brindled Pug |
11 |
14 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Maple Pug |
9 |
11 |
2011 |
2012 |
| Grey Pug |
9 |
10 |
2008 |
2013 |
| Freyer's Pug |
7 |
9 |
2007 |
2013 |
| Cypress Pug |
5 |
6 |
2012 |
2013 |
| Currant Pug |
4 |
4 |
2007 |
2011 |
| Haworth's Pug |
3 |
3 |
2012 |
2013 |
| Toadflax Pug |
3 |
3 |
2007 |
2010 |
| Foxglove Pug |
3 |
3 |
2010 |
2013 |
| White-spotted Pug |
3 |
3 |
2008 |
2011 |
| Oak-tree Pug |
3 |
3 |
2008 |
2008 |
| Dwarf Pug |
1 |
1 |
2010 |
2010 |
I've now done the maths, and it's as I suspected. Since I started trapping here in May 2010 I've recorded 101 pug moths, and Foxglove pug has been the most frequent (38), followed by V-pug (21), Common Pug (13) and Grey Pug (12). All of the Brindled Pugs I recorded (6) were in 2011 when conditions in Spring were very favourable, whereas the Spring weather in 2012 and 2013 has not been good for trapping and I have missed out on some of the species I might have expected to get, including Brindled Pug, and possibly Double-striped Pug as well. The other pug species I have on record are Mottled (1), Wormwood (2), Currant (1), White-spotted (3), Oak-tree (1), Green (2) and Double-striped (1).
ReplyDelete