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Today's 'hark back' post is from my last field trip of the year at the end of July.

Field Trip - 27/07/18 - Ashwell Quarry - North Herts My last trip of the year to Ashwell Quarry was on the 27th of July, I had pushed my luck for going out on trips this year with a newborn baby welcomed into the household in February, so it was tough to do what I managed to get done, and hence why only now i'm posting fully about the trip!

Trevor joined me and set up a few traps of his own, so we were well spread out across the reserve.

With a similiar cast of moths to the trip that was 10 days prior to this field work, there were however some good surprises in-store for us upon inspecting the traps over the 5 hours we were there.

Highlights of the trip were...

4! New Micro moths for my records, they were. Ancylosis oblitella (presumed migrant/wanderer and rare for the County) Chrysoclista linneella, (5th County record and trapped on the edge of the arable field) at least 4 Rhopobota stagnana and Bactra furfurana (2nd County record).

The second Oak Processionary for my records and the most northerly record for the County.

A further two records of Aristotelia ericinella, both to Trevor's trap in the open field.

Gypsonoma minutana. Quite a local moth in Herts and only my second ever record.

A funny looking Blastobasis species is awaiting dissection, it is probably a well-marked adustella but I wouldn't want to completely rule out vittata. And also a rather nice looking Scrobipalpa which will be dissected also.

Again, many thanks to Graeme Smith for the below dissections confirming the species and for Trevor in helping me with lugging the gear about and packing up.

Ashwell, we shall be back next year!

Below is the full list.

65 Macro and 86 Micro species recorded.

Catch Report - 27/07/18 - Ashwell Quarry - 1x 250w Frosted MV Robinson Trap, 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic

Macro Moths

Brimstone Moth Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Cloaked Minor Common Carpet Common Rustic Common Wainscot Copper Underwing Dark Arches Dark Umber Dingy Footman Dun-bar Dusky Sallow Dusky Thorn Dwarf Cream Wave Fern Flame Shoulder Garden Carpet Herald Large Twin-spot Carpet Latticed Heath Least Carpet Least Yellow Underwing Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Lesser Yellow Underwing Lesser-spotted Pinion Lime-speck Pug Lunar-spotted Pinion Lychnis Maiden's Blush Maple Pug Marbled Beauty Mouse Moth Oak Hook-tip Oak Processionary Pebble Hook-tip Poplar Hawk-moth Purple Bar Riband Wave Rosy Minor Ruby Tiger Rustic Scalloped Oak Scarce Footman Scorched Carpet Setaceous Hebrew Character Shaded Broad-bar Shuttle-shaped Dart Silver-Y Single-dotted Wave Small Fan-foot Small Fan-footed Wave Small Waved Umber Smoky Wainscot Snout Spectacle Straw Dot Straw Underwing Tree-lichen Beauty Turnip Moth Uncertain White-spotted Pug Willow Beauty Yarrow Pug Yellow-tail Yellow Shell

Micro Moths

Acentria ephemerella Acleris aspersana Acleris forsskaleana Acleris laterana/comariana Acleris notana/ferrugana Acleris variegana Acompsia cinerella Acrobasis advenella Agapeta hamana Agapeta zoegana Agonopterix alstromeriana Agonopterix arenella Agonopterix purpurea Agriphila inquinatella Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Anania hortulata Ancylosis oblitella [NEW!] Archips podana Argyresthia pruniella Argyrotaenia ljungiana Aristotelia ericinella Aspilapteryx tringipennella Bactra furfurana [NEW!] (gen det) Blastobasis adustella Blastobasis lacticolella Borkhausenia fuscescens Bryotropha terrella Brotropha senectella (gen det) Cacoecimorpha pronubana Cameraria ohridella Carcina quercana Celypha lacunana Celypha rosaceana Chrysoclista linneella [NEW!] Chrysoteuchia culmella Cnephasia sp Cochylimorpha straminea Cochylis atricapitana Cochylis hybridella Crambus perlella Crassa unitella Cydia pomonella Cydia splendana Donacaula mucronella Emmelina monodactyla Endotricha flammealis Epiphyas postvittana Eucosma hohenwartiana Eucsoma cana Eudemis profundana Eudonia lacustrata Euzophera pinguis Evergestis forficalis Grapholita janthinana Gypsonoma minutana Helycystogramma rufescens Hofmannophila pseudospretella Hypsopygia costalis Lathronympha strigana Metzneria metzneriella Monopis crocapitella Monopis weaverella Notocelia roborana Oegoconia sp Pandemis heparana Paraswammerdamia nebulella Parornix sp Phycita roborella Pleuroptya ruralis Plutella xylostella Pyrausta aurata Rhopobota stagnana [NEW!] Scoparia basistrigalis Scrobipalpa costella Scythropia crataegella Spilonota laricana (gen det) Spilonota ocellana Stenoptilia pterodactyla Stigmella sp Syncopacma sp Tinea trinotella Yponomeuta evonymella Yponomeuta plumbella Yponomeuta sp