I've already mentioned the
Convolvulous Hawk-moth,
White-line Darts and Archer's Darts that we took during the mothing session at Bawdsey Quay in Suffolk on Sunday night - about time I posted the combined list from mine and Adrian Russell's 6 traps and mention the other highlights. Thanks to local moth recorder and birder Matthew Deans, we ran our traps around a scrubby area that runs directly onto the large shingle point, with Bawdsey Manor and its wooded grounds behind us.
We ran a good selection of lights overnight: 400W metal halide, 250W MV, 3 x 125W MV and a 160W/40W blended/CFL combo. Conditions were not exactly superb, but not bad - dry, mild, mainly clear but with a stiff NE breeze to start which then dropped. Our combined total catch was an excellent
931 of 101sp. (with one additional micro pending ID). Here's the list, with new species for me highlighted in bold blue, and other goodies (ie things we don't usually see in VC55) highlighted in green:
0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) 4
0385 Anthophila fabriciana 1
0411 Argyresthia goedartella 2
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 2
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 2
0733 Eulamprotes wilkella 1
0776 Teleiopsis diffinis 8
0796 Aroga velocella 1
0819 Scrobipalpa costella 2
0873 Blastobasis adustella 36
0937 Agapeta hamana 2
0965 Cochylis hybridella 5
0966 Cochylis atricapitana 44
0969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana) 1
0993 Cyclamen Tortrix (Clepsis spectrana) 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 94
1042 Rhomboid Tortrix (Acleris rhombana) 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 7
1076 Celypha lacunana 38
1197 Eucosma campoliliana 1
1207 Pine Leaf-mining Moth (Clavigesta purdeyi) 1
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1303 Agriphila selasella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1307 Agriphila latistria 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 20
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1356 Garden Pebble (Evergestis forficalis) 7
1365 Pyrausta despicata 20
1398 Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) 5
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 20
1452 Phycita roborella 1
1454b Dioryctria sylvestrella 1
1455 Dioryctria simplicella 1
1488 Agdistis bennetii 4
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 6
1646 Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria) 1
1680 Maiden's Blush (Cyclophora punctaria) 1
1699 Least Carpet (Idaea rusticata) 2
1709 Satin Wave (Idaea subsericeata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 2
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 2
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 26
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 13
1752 Purple Bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata) 6
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 27
1784 Pretty Chalk Carpet (Melanthia procellata) 2
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 4
1830 Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata) 1
1855 Cypress Pug (Eupithecia phoeniceata) 5
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 5
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 5
1890 Sharp-angled Peacock (Macaria alternata) 3
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 14
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 5
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 8
1968 Yellow Belle (Semiaspilates ochrearia) 9
1972 Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 2
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2030 Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) 1
2031 White Satin (Leucoma salicis) 3
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 2
2047 Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) 8
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1
2081 White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici) 13
2085 Archer's Dart (Agrotis vestigialis) 4
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 23
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 5
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 14
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 67
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 6
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 13
2123 Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi) 4
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 36
2131 Square-spotted Clay (Xestia rhomboidea) 1
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 12
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 18
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1
2194 White-point (Mythimna albipuncta) 10
2295 Marbled Green (Cryphia muralis) 1
2297x Copper Underwing agg. (Amphipyra pyramidea agg.) 2
2299 Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) 1
2303 Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) 2
2306 Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) 37
2341 Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) 5
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 5
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 5
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 13
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 63
2450 Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 42
Aroga velocella
Eulamprotes wilkella
Pyrausta despicata
Dioryctria sylvestrella
Dioryctria simpliciella
Yellow Belle
Cypress Pug
White-point
Marbled Green
Lots of other non-lepidopteran highlights (apart from the awesome Ant-lion) in the traps which I'll cover separately, plus a few new plants from around beaches and saltmarsh. I should mention that our shingle traps were part of a larger group effort with more traps running on the saltmarsh and around a wooded car park. Good moths taken in those traps included Sandhill Rustic and Tree-lichen Beauty - both would be new for me but I'm resisting ticking them as I didn't even get a chance to walk around those traps during the night, let alone assist with the emptying! We were also shown a Small Marbled that Matthew took at his current regular site at Bawdsey Hall - a first for Suffolk I believe.