Warmer weather and the anticipation generated by excitement on various groups as warm weather presumably carrying bucketfuls of rare vagrants from the south failed to deliver when the traps were opened. Only 37 moths of 13 species, and the closest to a southern rarity invasion were two Rush Veneers.
| Code |
Taxon |
Vernacular |
Individuals |
|
| 998 |
Epiphyas postvittana |
Light Brown Apple Moth |
3 |
|
| 1398 |
Nomophila noctuella |
Rush Veneer |
2 |
|
| 1745 |
Larentia clavaria |
Mallow |
1 |
|
| 1769 |
Thera britannica |
Spruce Carpet |
1 |
|
| 1923 |
Colotois pennaria |
Feathered Thorn |
1 |
|
| 2107 |
Noctua pronuba |
Large Yellow Underwing |
7 |
|
| 2109 |
Noctua comes |
Lesser Yellow Underwing |
2 |
|
| 2126 |
Xestia c-nigrum |
Setaceous Hebrew Character |
4 |
|
| 2194 |
Mythimna albipuncta |
White-point |
1 |
|
| 2240 |
Lithophane leautieri |
Blair's Shoulder-knot |
1 |
|
| 2255 |
Polymixis lichenea |
Feathered Ranunculus |
4 |
|
| 2267 |
Agrochola lychnidis |
Beaded Chestnut |
4 |
|
| 2270 |
Omphaloscelis lunosa |
Lunar Underwing |
6 |
|
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