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​Middlewich 17th/18th August 2015

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17th/18th August 2015 Middlewich Cheshire
Species list followed by number in trap.

Weather conditions - cool, cloudy and no breeze.
Agriphila tristella - 6
Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart) - 2
Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper Underwing) - 1
Blastobasis adustella - 8
Ennomus fuscantaria (Dusky Thorn) - 1
Epione repandaria (Bordered Beauty) - 1
Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic) - 1

Noctua janthe (Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing) - 7
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) - 55
Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder) - 2

Tachystola acroxantha - 2
Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet) - 2
Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Garden Carpet) - 1
Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine) - 1


Other species in Trap
Aphodius rufipes - 4
Forficula auricularia (European Earwig) - 1
Limnephilus lunatus - 7
Limnephilus sparsus - 1
Tinodes waeneri - 1


All species released unharmed. Several smaller micro-moths not identified.

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Aphodius rufipes
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Limnephilus lunatus
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Tinodes waeneri
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Forficula auricularia (European Earwig)
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Limnephilus sparsus
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Agriphila tristella
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Blastobasis adustella
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Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic)
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Ochropleura plecta (Flame Shoulder)
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Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Garden Carpet)
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Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart)
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Ennomus fuscantaria (Dusky Thorn)
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Noctua janthe (Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)
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Tachystola acroxantha
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Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine)
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Amphipyra pyramidea (Copper Underwing)
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Epione repandaria (Bordered Beauty)
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Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)
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Xanthorhoe designata (Flame Carpet)


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