Cossington Meadows 02/07/2011

Straight after leaving Watermead CP South, we headed over to Cossington Meadows to empty the 3 x 125W MV traps that Adrian had left running. Another excellent total for a relatively short session, with the total catch being 1493 of 130 species. Again we added more dots to maps - 46 new for site species, and I picked up another 10 yearticks.

0014 Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) 1
0410 Argyresthia brockeella 1 (NFS)
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 3 (NFS)
0441 Paraswammerdamia nebulella 1 (NFS)
0518 Coleophora mayrella 2
0609 Elachista maculicerusella 3
0736 Monochroa lucidella 1 (NFS) (NFY)
0898 Limnaecia phragmitella 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 63
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 2
0977 Large Fruit-tree Tortrix (Archips podana) 1 (NFS)
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 1
0993 Cyclamen Tortrix (Clepsis spectrana) 6
0994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 2
1063 Celypha striana 7
1076 Celypha lacunana 5
1083 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana) 3
1104 Endothenia quadrimaculana 5 (NFY)

Endothenia quadrimaculana

1108 Lobesia abscisana 12
1115 Ancylis achatana 4 (NFS)
1175 Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana) 14
1197 Eucosma campoliliana 3 (NFY)
1201 Eucosma cana 9
1205 Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana) 2
1292 Calamotropha paludella 7 (NFY)

Calamatropha paludella

1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 662
1294 Crambus pascuella 6 (NFS)
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1302 Crambus perlella 8 (NFS)
1304 Agriphila straminella 5
1329 Donacaula forficella 1 (NFS) (NFY)
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 4
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1 (NFS)
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 8
1336 Eudonia pallida 11
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 8 (NFS)
1350 Beautiful China-mark (Nymphula stagnata) 1 (NFS)
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 3
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis 31

Phlyctaenia perlucidalis

1388 Udea lutealis 1
1390 Udea prunalis 1 (NFS)
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 3
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 1 (NFS)
1433 Cryptoblabes bistriga 1 (NFS)
1458 Thistle Ermine (Myelois circumvoluta) 4
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 3 (NFS)
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 4 (NFS)
1513 White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla) 1 (NFS)
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 (NFS)
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 10
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 15
1669 Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria) 5 (NFS)
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 1
1690 Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria) 1 (NFS)
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) 5 (NFS)
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 11
1726 Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata) 1 (NFS)
1792 Dark Umber (Philereme transversata britannica) 4 (NFS)
1803 Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata) 1 (NFS)
1808 Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata) 1 (NFS) (NFY)
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1
1858 V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata) 1 (NFS)
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 12
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 3
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 2 (NFS)
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 2
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 11
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 6
1955 Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) 1 (NFS)
1956 Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata) 4
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 5
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 4
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2
1994 Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 1 (NFS)
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 2
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 1
2030 Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis) 1 (NFS)
2031 White Satin (Leucoma salicis) 1 (NFS)
2035 Round-winged Muslin (Thumatha senex) 1 (NFS)
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 3 (NFY)
2047 Scarce Footman (Eilema complana) 2 (NFS)
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 45 (NFS)
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1
2069 Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 3 (NFS)
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 41
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 7
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 6
2114 Double Dart (Graphiphora augur) 2 (NFY)
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 1
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 28
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1 (NFS)
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 3 (NFS)
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 18
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 3 (NFS)
2197 Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea) 2
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 55
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 2
2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Mythimna comma) 4
2216 Shark (Cucullia umbratica) 1 (NFS)
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 2
2280 Miller (Acronicta leporina) 2
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2305 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) 1 (NFS)
2314 Dingy Shears (Parastichtis ypsillon) 14 (NFS)
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 63
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 16
2327 Clouded Brindle (Apamea epomidion) 1 (NFS)
2330 Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 16
2338 Rufous Minor (Oligia versicolor) 1 (NFS) (NFY)
2340 Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula) 1
2345 Small Dotted Buff (Photedes minima) 15 (NFS)
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 43
2382 Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 7
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 9
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 5
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
2442 Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina) 4
2443 Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota) 1 (NFS) (NFY)
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 3
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 2

Cossington Meadows, 07/08/2010

Here's another belated list - from an excellent last-minute decision visit to the Leics. & Rutland Wildlife Trust reserve Cossington Meadows with Adrian Russell.

We left in until late in the day to decide where to go, and as the conditions seemed less than ideal we opted for a closer to home option than heading all the way over to the east of Rutland. With the late summer / early autumn wainscots on the wing we decided to see which we could add to the Cossington list - with less than a handful of previous mothing sessions at this site we were bound to add dots to the map. As it happens, we inadvertently set up literally around the crosslines between four tetrads so we added rather more dots than we'd expected!

Traps/lights at the red dots - ish.

We ended up having a pretty good night in the end, running the lights until c01:00 with temperatures staying up at c15°C. We ran 1 x 125W MV light over a sheet, 4 x 125W MV traps and 1 x 80W/100W actinic/tungsten combo trap. The total catch was a very respectable 711 of 90sp. I'll post the full list, split into the usual yeaticks, high counts, other highlights and then the rest:

First for year:
0481 Epermenia falciformis 2
0969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana) 2
1104 Endothenia quadrimaculana 2
1914 Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) 1
2133 Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata) 4
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 1
2303 Straw Underwing (Thalpophila matura) 1
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 2
2368 Crescent (Celaena leucostigma) 3
2369 Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae) 2
2370 Twin-spotted Wainscot (Archanara geminipuncta) 5

Epermenia falciformis

Endothenia quadrimaculana

Bulrush Wainscot

Twin-spotted Wainscot

Crescent

Antler Moth

Six-striped Rustic

Highest counts:
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 129
1304 Agriphila straminella 76
1303 Agriphila selasella 74
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 48
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 23
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 20

Agriphila selasella

Other highlights:
0609 Elachista maculicerusella 14
0898 Limnaecia phragmitella 6
1290 Chilo phragmitella 2
1292 Calamotropha paludella 17
1336 Eudonia pallida 1
1348 Ringed China-mark (Parapoynx stratiotata) 1
1997 Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula) 6
2197 Southern Wainscot (Mythimna straminea) 2
2289 Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 2
2361 Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1

Sallow Kitten

The rest:
0294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella 1
0422 Argyresthia albistria 2
0516 Large Clover Case-bearer (Coleophora trifolii) 4
0658 Carcina quercana 4
0873 Blastobasis adustella 3
0874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
0937 Agapeta hamana 12
0966 Cochylis atricapitana 1
0970 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis cerasana) 1
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 5
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1108 Lobesia abscisana 3
1126 Ancylis badiana 1
1197 Eucosma campoliliana 1
1205 Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana) 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 18
1331 Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella) 1
1362 Pyrausta purpuralis 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1388 Udea lutealis 7
1439 Trachycera advenella 18
1452 Phycita roborella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 2
1640 Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) 1
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 3
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 2
1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia) 3
1725 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) 1
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 7
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1
1811 Slender Pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 7
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 5
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 8
2044 Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) 1
2064 Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) 5
2087 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 6
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 19
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 18
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) 5
2112 Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta caliginosa) 3
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) 18
2173 Lychnis (Hadena bicruris) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 11
2284x Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens/psi) 2
2297 Copper Underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea) 2
2318 Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 8
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 10
2341 Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) 4
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 2
2450 Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 2
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 5