Light-trapping details and summaries
Sherwood Forest January-May 2011
 
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 5th6t Clipstone Old Quarter
Summary : Overcast and very mild. A catch of 254 moths of 56 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (21:10- 23-10h) Temperature 15-10C.
1902 Brown Silver-line 61
2043 Orange Footman 22
2028 Pale Tussock 14
1645 Scalloped Hook-tip 9
1693 Cream Wave 9
1834 Common Pug 8
2179 Pine Beauty 8
2078 Least Black Arches 8
2139 Red Chestnut 7
1819 Mottled Pug 6
1648 Pebble Hook-tip 6
1750 Water Carpet 5
2289 Knot Grass 5
1759 Small Phoenix 5
1862 Double-striped Pug 4
1936 Waved Umber 3
1852 Brindled Pug 3
2102 Flame Shoulder 3
2000 Iron Prominent 3
1920 Scalloped Hazel 3
2061 Buff Ermine 3
1904 Scorched Wing 3
1996 Alder Kitten 3
2008 Coxcomb Prominent 3
0303 Parornix anglicella 3
0228 Monopis weaverella 3
1209 Pseudococcyx turionella 3
1007 Capua vulgana 3
1853 Oak-tree Pug 2
2188 Clouded Drab 2
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent 2
2015 Lunar Marbled Brown 2
1760 Red-green Carpet 2
0227 Monopis laevigella 2
0797 Neofaculta ericetella 2
0986 Syndemis musculana 2
1120 Ancylis mitterbacheriana 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
2064 Ruby Tiger 1
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1
1858 V-Pug 1
1957 White-pinion Spotted 1
1951 Grey Birch 1
1931 Peppered Moth 1
1955 Common White Wave 1
2163 Broom Moth 1
2306 Angle Shades 1
2423 Oak Nycteoline 1
2007 Swallow Prominent 1
2098 Flame 1
0315 Phyllonorycter harrisella 1
0150 Adela reaumurella 1
1136 Epinotia immundana 1
0544 Coleophora albicosta 1
0294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella 1
0764 Pseudotelphusa scalella 1
         
April 29th6t Clipstone Old Quarter
Summary : Clear and cool. A catch of 76 moths of 32 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (21:00- 23-00h) Temperature 9-7C.
         
April 22nd6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and fairly mild. A catch of 109 moths of 26 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (20:50- 22-50h) Temperature 14-9C.
         
April 20th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and fairly mild. A catch of 116 moths of 18 species in just 1h 30m trapping time. (23:20- 00-50h) Temperature 10-8C.
         
April 18th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild. A catch of 67 moths of 30 species in just 2h 30m trapping time. (20:50- 00-00h) Temperature 13-8C.
         
April 15th6t Clipstone Old Quarter
Summary : Overcast and very mild. A catch of 67 moths of 23 species in just 2h 30m trapping time. (20:20- 22-50h) Temperature 13-10C.
         
April 8th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and mild. A catch of 254 moths of 23 species in just 2h 30m trapping time. (20:45- 23-15h) Temperature 11-8C.
         
April 2nd6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and fairly mild. A catch of 97 moths of 19 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (20:30- 22-30h) Temperature 8-6C.
         
March. 30th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Partially overcast and mild. A catch of 106 moths of 14 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (20:30- 22-30h) Temperature 11-9C.
         
March. 25th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and fairly mild. A catch of 105 moths of 16 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (19:25- 21-25h) Temperature 8-6C.
         
March. 23rd6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and fairly mild. A catch of 254 moths of 19 species in just 3h 25m trapping time. (19:20- 22-45h) Temperature 11-9C.
         
March. 15th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild with light drizzle. A catch of 225 moths of 15 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (18:45- 20-45h) Temperature 9-8C.
         
March. 12th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and very mild with light rain that resulted in an early finish. An catch of 151 moths of 14 species in just 1h 45m trapping time. (18:35- 20-20h) Temperature 10-8C.
         
February. 25th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild. An excellent catch of 210 moths of 14 species in just 2h 00m trapping time. (18:15- 20-15h) Temperature 9-8C.
         
February. 20th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and cool. A catch of five moths of two species in just 1h 00m trapping time. (18:15- 19-15h) Temperature 4C.
1934 Dotted Border 4
2256 Satellite 1
         
February. 12th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Clear and cool, bright moon. A catch of just one moth in just 1h 00m trapping time. (18:40- 19-40h) Temperature 4- 3C.
         
January. 12th6t Sherwood Forest CP
Summary : Overcast and mild. A catch of 32 moths of six species in just 2h 00m (17:40- 19-40h) Temperature 10 - 9C.
         
 
Moth trapping results 2011
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