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Moth List

The macro (big) moths species were recorded as part of the Garden Moth Scheme between March and November 2009.  The detailed results of each weeks trapping are shown on the blog along with a photograph of each species.  Some of the best are shown here:

Brimstone Moth Brindled Ochre Buff-tip Burnished Brass Chinese Character Frosted Orange Green-brindled Crescent Green Carpet Pink-barred Sallow Puss Moth Scorched Wing Silver Y The Chevron White Ermine Yellow Shell

Other moths were recorded in and around the school and these are included in the full list shown below:

Macro Moth List 2009

BF NoCommon Name
2267Beaded Chestnut
2442Beautiful Golden Y
2232Black Rustic
2240Blair’s Shoulder-knot
1906Brimstone Moth
1927Brindled Beauty
2229Brindled Ochre
1852Brindled Pug
2110Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1653Buff Arches
2061Buff Ermine
1994Buff-tip
2434Burnished Brass
2154Cabbage Moth
1651Chinese Character
1887Clouded Border
2188Clouded Drab
1958Clouded Silver
2326Clouded-bordered Brindle
2050Common Footman
1657Common Lutestring
1764Common Marbled Carpet
2187Common Quaker
1956Common Wave
1955Common White Wave
2297Copper Underwing
2090Crescent Dart
2321Dark Arches
2259Dark Chestnut
2091Dark Sword-grass
1934Dotted Border
2128Double Square-spot
2330Dusky Brocade
2243Early Grey
1960Early Moth
1917Early Thorn
1881Early Tooth-striped
1991Elephant Hawk-moth
1722Flame Carpet
2102Flame Shoulder
2353Flounced Rustic
1638Fox Moth
1817Foxglove Pug
2364Frosted Orange
1728Garden Carpet
2057Garden Tiger
2138Green Arches
1776Green Carpet
1860Green Pug
2245Green-brindled Crescent
2089Heart and Dart
2190Hebrew Character
2120Ingrailed Clay
2000Iron Prominent
1777July Highflyer
2107Large Yellow Underwing
2111Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2109Lesser Yellow Underwing
1961Light Emerald
1674Little Emerald
2270Lunar Underwing
1663March Moth
1778May Highflyer
2340Middle-barred Minor
1941Mottled Beauty
1795November Moth species
2425Nut-tree Tussock
1632Pale Eggar
2011Pale Prominent
2158Pale-shouldered Brocade
1652Peach Blossom
1931Peppered Moth
2484Pinion-streaked Snout
2273Pink-barred Sallow
2278Poplar Grey
1981Poplar Hawk-moth
2186Powdered Quaker
1976Privet Hawk-moth
2122Purple Clay
1995Puss Moth
1724Red Twin-spot Carpet
2263Red-line Quaker
1713Riband Wave
2361Rosy Rustic
1808Sandy Carpet
1920Scalloped Hazel
1921Scalloped Oak
1904Scorched Wing
2126Setaceous Hebrew Character
1732Shaded Broad-bar
1890Sharp-angled Peacock
1746Shoulder Stripe
2441Silver Y
1727Silver-ground Carpet
2305Small Angle Shades
1702Small Fan-footed Wave
1759Small Phoenix
2182Small Quaker
1803Small Rivulet
2123Small Square-spot
2350Small Wainscot
1769Spruce Carpet
1949Square Spot
2134Square-spot Rustic
2474Straw Dot
2258The Chestnut
1755The Chevron
1640The Drinker
2173The Lychnis
1884The Magpie
2145The Nutmeg
2477The Snout
1747The Streamer
2381The Uncertain
1858The V-Pug
2189Twin-spotted Quaker
2384Vine’s Rustic
1750Water Carpet
1877Waved Carpet
2060White Ermine
1742Yellow Shell