Sunday 19 August 2012

Nitten Field (SS423875)

x2 125w & 1x blended bulb produced 124 species last night as follows:
Cydia amplana

Orange Swift 1
Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 12
Spindle Ermine 1
Honeysuckle Moth 1
Ypsolopha scabrella 1
Ypsolopha vittella 1
Brown House Moth 3
White-shouldered House Moth 2
Agonopterix heracliana 2
Blastobasis adustella 70
Agapeta hamana 10
Eupoecilia angustana 4
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 6
Light Brown Apple Moth 5
Grey Tortrix 1
Acleris holmiana 1
Acleris laterana/comariana 30
Acleris aspersana 1
Garden Rose Tortrix 20
Bactra lancealana/lacteana 7
Epinotia nisella 2
Epiblema foenella 1
Cydia ulicetana 2
Cydia splendana 1
Cydia amplana 3
Agriphila selasella 1
Agriphila straminella 45
Agriphila tristella 23
Agriphila inquinatella 1
Scoparia subfusca 1
Eudonia mercurella 1
Brown China-mark 1
Ringed China-mark 6
Small China-mark 1
Garden Pebble 3
Pyrausta despicata 2
Phlyctaenia coronata 1
Rusty-dot Pearl 12
Rush Veneer 61
Mother of Pearl 12
Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
Endotricha flammealis 1
Trachycera advenella 6
Oak Eggar 1
Chinese Character 19
Small Fan-footed Wave 5
Single-dotted Wave 6
Flame Carpet 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 3
Garden Carpet 1
Common Carpet 10
Small Phoenix 1
July Highflyer 1
Pretty Chalk Carpet 1
Rivulet 2
Sandy Carpet 1
Foxglove Pug 1
Narrow-winged Pug 1
V-Pug 1
Double-striped Pug 4
Yellow-barred Brindle 4
Magpie Moth 10
Brimstone Moth 14
Bordered Beauty 1
Early Thorn 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Willow Beauty 9
Brussels Lace 1
Common White Wave 1
Common Wave 1
Elephant Hawk-moth 1
Sallow Kitten 1
Coxcomb Prominent 2
Yellow-tail 24
Rosy Footman 10
Dingy Footman 23
Hoary Footman 11
Scarce Footman 3
Buff Ermine 1
Ruby Tiger 4
White-line Dart 6
Heart and Dart 1
Dark Sword-grass 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Flame Shoulder 31
Large Yellow Underwing 180
Lesser Yellow Underwing 14
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 55
Least Yellow Underwing 3
True Lover's Knot 6
Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
Six-striped Rustic 1
Square-spot Rustic 1
Cabbage Moth 3
Bright-line Brown-eye 2
Lychnis 1
Smoky Wainscot 3
Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
Knot Grass 2
Coronet 1
Copper Underwing 1
Straw Underwing 3
Angle Shades 11
Double Kidney 1
Dun-bar 2
Dark Arches 40
Cloaked Minor 1
Rosy Minor 2
Common Rustic agg. 160
Flounced Rustic 11
Ear Moth agg. 2
Rosy Rustic 10
Webb's Wainscot 1
Small Rufous 1
Uncertain 1
Rustic 1
Gold Spot 2
Silver Y 16
Dark Spectacle 1
Spectacle 1
Herald 1
Snout 2
Fan-foot 1
Total 1139
Forest Bug 1
Common Carder Bee 1
Nicrophorus investigator 10

5 comments:

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  2. That's a most impressive species list Barry! Curious to know what kind of habitat is it, and is it coastal? I see the Rush Veneers are turning up there too. 4 Hoary Footman here last night.

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  3. Yes it is coastal (put the grid ref in title into grabagridref and you see exactly where it is). It's arable land planted with a sacrificial crop for birds - with quite a lot of clover this year it must be a sweet scent for any passing moths.

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  4. Very interesting. It looks not disimilar from what I see in my garden trap, but not all on one night(I know there will be many overlaps of common species between sites, but nonetheless it's still striking), but it's low nutrient status early succession brownfield here...

    Is the sacrificial crop approach successful from an invertebrate point of view? Your data from this site suggests it is?

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  5. Definitely a hit with the inverts and probably too successful for some groups, in particular slugs, which this year ate all of the sunflower seedlings during the wet spring. I try and trap there around 3 times a year and am rarely disappointed. Having the Limestone cliffs close by helps of course!

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