Light-trapping details and summaries
Sherwood Forest January-May 2010
 
All light-trapping carried out with a portable 125W MV light/Skinner trap
New species/personal first for the area is indicated by *
Species listed in dark grey refer to migrants
 
May 21st...Sherwood Forest CP
Summary :Clear and warm . A catch of 175 moths of 41 species in 2h 45m trapping time (22:30- 01-15h) Temperature 13 - 10C.
1902 Brown Silver-line 57
2425 Nut-tree Tussock 11
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent 9
1904 Scorched Wing 8
2028 Pale Tussock 8
1920 Scalloped Hazel 8
0986 Syndemis musculana 8
2061 Buff Ermine 5
1951 Grey Birch 5
0770 Carpatolechia proximella 5
0764 Pseudotelphusa scalella 5
1652 Peach Blossom 4
1852 Brindled Pug 3
1776 Green Carpet 3
2060 White Ermine 3
1680 Maiden's Blush 3
2015 Lunar Marbled Brown 2
2179 Pine Beauty 2
2188 Clouded Drab 2
1759 Small Phoenix 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1007 Capua vulgana 2
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip 1
2289 Knot Grass 1
1750 Water Carpet 1
1722 Flame Carpet 1
2187 Common Quaker 1
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade 1
1948 Small Engrailed 1
1817 Foxglove Pug 1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent 1
2043 Orange Footman 1
0227 Monopis laevigella 1
0141 Nematopogon schwarziellus 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
0286 Caloptilia alchimiella 1
0947 Aethes smeathmanniana 1
0697 Agonopterix arenella 1
1209 Pseudococcyx turionella Pine Bud Moth 1
0130 Incurvaria masculella 1
 
May 19th...Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Warm and mild. A catch of 201 moths of 54 species in 3h 15m trapping time (21:30- 00-45h) Temperature 13 - 11C.
1902 Brown Silver-line 30
2028 Pale Tussock 16
1648 Pebble Hook-tip 12
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip 10
1951 Grey Birch 9
2078 Least Black Arches 8
1776 Green Carpet 7
1852 Brindled Pug 7
1750 Water Carpet 6
2188 Clouded Drab 6
1921 Scalloped Oak 5
0141 Nematopogon schwarziellus 5
2425 Nut-tree Tussock 5
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent 4
1136 Epinotia immundana 4
2190 Hebrew Character 3
1853 Oak-tree Pug 3
2043 Orange Footman 3
1834 Common Pug 3
1955 Common White Wave 3
1652 Peach Blossom 3
0315 Phyllonorycter harrisella 3
0301 Parornix betulae 3
1646 Oak Hook-tip 2
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 2
1936 Waved Umber 2
2187 Common Quaker 2
1759 Small Phoenix 2
2008 Coxcomb Prominent 2
1007 Capua vulgana 2
0006 Eriocrania subpurpurella 2
0248 Tinea trinotella 2
1045 Acleris notana 2
0287 Caloptilia robustella 2
1228 Pammene argyrana 2
0227 Monopis laevigella 2
1681 Clay Triple-lines 1
1862 Double-striped Pug 1
1817 Foxglove Pug 1
1996 Alder Kitten 1
2423 Oak Nycteoline 1
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade 1
2102 Flame Shoulder 1
2450 Spectacle 1
1647 Barred Hook-tip 1
1760 Red-green Carpet 1
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
0770 Carpatolechia proximella 1
0541 Coleophora pyrrhulipennella 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
0320 Phyllonorycter quercifoliella 1
1085 Metendothenia atropunctana 1
0986 Syndemis musculana 1
0364 Phyllonorycter geniculella 1
 
April 27th...Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Partly overcast and mild. A catch of 50 moths of 21 species in 1h 55m trapping time (21:30- 23-25h) Temperature 13 - 10C, but felt cooler as the evening progressed.
 
April 5th...Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild and breezy. A catch of 91 moths of 17 species in 1h 25m trapping time (21:10- 22-30h) Temperature 8 - 7C.
 
March 17th...Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild. A catch of 163 moths of 18 species in 1h 35m trapping time (19:30- 21-05h) Temperature 9 - 8C.
 
Moth trapping results 2010
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