White Satin
The moth trap was set up on the evening of 5th August near the hide and emptied at 8.30am the following morning. A number of moths on the outside of the trap are likely have flown off at daylight. A total of 71 moths, 21 different species, were recorded with 1 new record for the site (shown in bold). Shaded Broad-bar were again the most numerous moth recorded.
Dotted Clay Xestia baja 1
Pale Straw Pearl Udea lutealis 1
Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea 1
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata 27
Dingy Footman Eilema griseola 8
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata 1
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba 6
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura 5
Single-dotted Wave Idaea dimidiata 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes 1
Dingy Dowd Blastobasis adustella 1
Common Footman Eilema lurideola 1
Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis 2
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata 1
Little Grey Eudonia lacustrata 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe 3
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg. 5
Common Marble Celypha lacunana 1
Heart and Dart Agrotis exclamationis 1
White Satin Leucoma salicis 1
Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata 1