Sunday 24 August 2008

Re: Mothing at Oxenhope 22-08-2008

Here's the list from Friday night's moth trapping session at Oxenhope:

1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternate) 1
1756 Northern Spinach (Eulithis populate) 2
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1
2134 Square Spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 5
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 8
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 8
2117 Autumnal Rustic (Paradiarsia glareosa) 3
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 2
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 9

We used a 25w Gladiator actinic trap and a couple of actinic laterns.

These are some of the moths we caught.....


Northern Spinach
Square-spot Rustic
Autumnal Rustic

Antler Moth


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