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Middlewich 6th/7th August 2015

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6th/7th August 2015 Middlewich Cheshire
Species list followed by number in trap.

Weather conditions - cool, clear and no breeze.
Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart) - 1
Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches) - 1

Blastobasis adustella - 2
Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty) - 1
Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix) - 1
Eilema griseola (Dingy Footman) - 1
Idaea straminata (Plain Wave) - 1
Melanchra persicariae (Dot Moth) - 1
Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic) - 7
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) - 22
Opisthograptis luteolata (Brimstone) - 1
Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty) - 1
Tachystola acroxantha - 1
Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine) - 1


Other species in Trap
Limnephilus lunatus - 1

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

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Limnephilus lunatus
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Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart)
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Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty)
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Idaea straminata (Plain Wave)
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Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)
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Tachystola acroxantha
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Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches)
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Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix)
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Melanchra persicariae (Dot Moth)
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Opisthograptis luteolata (Brimstone)
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Yponomeuta evonymella (Bird-cherry Ermine)
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Blastobasis adustella
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Eilema griseola (Dingy Footman)
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Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic)
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Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty)


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