Happy times at Hexton

Well, finally after two previous attempts at Hexton Chalk Pit not going particularly well by this time of year standards we came up trumps.
The conditions were pretty much perfect. We did get a little rain and we did get some breezy periods but the ambient temperature didn't drop below 13 degrees up until the time we left at 3am!

We ran four traps spread out at various altitudes of the chalk pit to cover as much of the habitat as possible.
Some lovely moths were observed during the night and in reasonable numbers as well with several species breaking the 25+ examples recorded.
For me it was a real treat seeing both Small Purple-barred and Pyrausta nigrata, both pretty uncommon moths in the County, what a stunner the former is!
Other good species included 2 Alder Moths, Epinotia nanana, Sandy Carpet, Dwarf Pug and Agonopterix pallorella.

There are still some species to clear up on with identifications which will be done in due course.


Catch Report -  22/05/15 - Hexton Chalk Pit - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap 1x 160w MBT Robinson Trap & 1x 80w Actinic + 26w CFL Suitcase Trap


Macro Moths

2x Alder Moth
1x Angle Shades
1x Beautiful Golden-Y
8x Brimstone Moth
2x Brown Rustic
1x Chinese Character
1x Clouded Border
1x Clouded Silver
1x Common Carpet
1x Common Pug
15x Common Swift
2x Common Wave
2x Flame
15x Flame Shoulder
30+ Green Carpet
1x Green Silver-lines
1x Grey-pine Carpet
6x Grey Pug
1x Heart & Dart
1x Iron Prominent
4x Latticed Heath
6x Light Brocade
1x Lime-speck Pug
4x Marbled Minor
10x Marbled White Spot
3x Mottled Pug
2x Mottled Rustic
2x Nut-tree Tussock
1x Oak Hook-tip
1x Oak Nycteoline
3x Oak-tree Pug
15x Orange Footman
2x Pale Oak Beauty
1x Pale Prominent
5x Pale Tussock
4x Pebble Prominent
1x Peppered Moth
1x Purple Bar
3x Red Twin-spot Carpet
1x Rustic Shoulder-knot
1x Sandy Carpet
4x Scalloped Hazel
1x Scorched Carpet
1x Scorched Wing
2x Setaceous Hebrew Character
4x Shaded Pug
8x Shears
1x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1x Silver-ground Carpet
1x Small Elephant Hawk-moth
1x Small Phoenix
2x Small Purple-barred [NEW!]
1x Small Square-spot
3x Small Waved Umber
1x Straw Dot
3x Treble Lines
1x Treble-bar
4x Waved Umber
12x White Ermine
6x Yellow-barred Brindle

Micro Moths
 
1x Agapeta hamana
30+ Cochylimorpha straminea
20+ Scoparia ambigualis
1x Nematopogon swammerdamella
2x Nematopogon schwarziellus
2x Elachista argentella
3x Epiblema cynosbatella
1x Aspilapteryx tringipennella
1x Agonopterix pallorella
1x Agonopterix arenella
1x Pyrausta nigrata [NEW!]
1x Aroga velocella
1x Epintia nanana
3x Monopis weaverella 
1x Pseudoswammerdamia combinella
3x Celypha lacunana
1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
1x Caloptilia syringella
1x Acleris cristana
1x Metzneria metzneriella
1x Glyphipterix simpliciella
1x Crambus lathoniellus
2x Cochylis atricapitana
1x Mompha raschkiella
1x Cameraria ohridella
1x Elachista atricomella 

Small Purple-barred

Pyrausta nigrata

Small Purple-barred

Elachista atricomella

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Scoparia ambigualis

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Glyphipterix simpliciella

Epinotia nanana

Dwarf Pug

Agonopterix pallorella

Cochylimorpha straminea variation

Aroga velocella