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Sandbach 2nd/3rd August 2015

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2nd/3rd August 2015 Sandbach Cheshire
Species list followed by number in trap.

Weather conditions - Warm, clear, dry with only light breeze.
Abrostola tripartita (The Spectacle) - 1
Agriphila straminella - 2
Agriphila tristella - 1
Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart) - 4
Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart) - 1
Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches) - 2
Blastobasis adustella - 4
Bryotropha affinis - 1
Chrysoteuchia culmella - 8
Crambus pascuella - 1
Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty) - 6
Cydia splendana - 1
Euproctis similis (Yellow-tail Moth) - 1

Euzophera pinguis - 2
Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth) - 2
Hoplodrina blanda (Rustic) - 2
Idaea aversata (Riband Wave) - 1
Lozotaeniodes formosana - 1
Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic) - 19

Mesoligia furuncula (Cloaked Minor) - 1
Noctua fimbriata (Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing) - 1
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) - 54
Oegoconia quadripuncta - 3

Paraswammerdamia nebulella - 1
Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty) - 1
Phycitodes saxicola - 1
Tachystola acroxantha - 2
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Spindle Ermine) - 3





Other species in Trap
Aphodius rufipes - 2
Callicorixa praeusta - 2 (dead in trap)
Forficula auricularia (European Earwig) - 3
Iassus lanio - 1
Nicrophorus investigator (Sexton Beetle) - 1


All released unharmed. 

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Aphodius rufipes
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Forficula auricularia (European Earwig)
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Nicrophorus investigator (Sexton Beetle)
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Callicorixa praeusta
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Iassus lanio
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Abrostola tripartita (The Spectacle)
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Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart)
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Bryotropha affinis
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Cryphia domestica (Marbled Beauty)
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Euzophera pinguis
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Idaea aversata (Riband Wave)
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Mesoligia furuncula (Cloaked Minor)
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Oegoconia quadripuncta
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Phycitodes saxicola
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Agriphila tristella
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Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches)
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Chrysoteuchia culmella
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Cydia splendana
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Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House-moth)
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Lozotaeniodes formosana
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Noctua fimbriata (Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing)
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Paraswammerdamia nebulella
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Tachystola acroxantha
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Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart)
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Blastobasis adustella
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Crambus pascuella
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Euproctis similis (Yellow-tail Moth)
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Hoplodrina blanda (Rustic)
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Mesapamea secalis (Common Rustic)
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Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing)
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Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Willow Beauty)
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Yponomeuta cagnagella (Spindle Ermine)


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