Middlewich 17th/18th August 2015

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.