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Members' Day Moth-trapping

The night of 12th September saw a moth-trap being run at Hengistbury for the members' day of the 13th. A total of 140 moths, 119 'macros' and 21 'micros', of 30 different species were caught. The full list is given below.

• Mullein Wave 1
• Cypress Pug 1
• Common Carpet 1
• Common Marbled Carpet 1
• Brimstone Moth 1
• Willow Beauty 4
• Light Emerald 3
• White-line Dart 1
• Heart-and-Dart 1
• Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
• LargeYellow Underwing 30
• Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
• Small Square-spot 2
• Square-spot Rustic 22
• Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
• Dark Sword-grass 1
• Autumnal Rustic 1
• Hedge Rustic 1
• Feathered Ranunculus 1
• Feathered Gothic 2
• Heath Rustic 2
• Common Wainscot 3
• Vine's Rustic 3
• Flounced Rustic 19
• The Snout 6

• 246 Tinea semifulvella 1,
  
• 998 Light Brown Apple Moth 2
  
• Celypha agg. 1
  
• Cydia agg. 1
  
• 342 Eudonia angustea 14
  
• 398 RushVeneer 2