{"id":10691,"date":"2012-07-27T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T06:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10691"},"modified":"2012-07-27T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T09:33:30","slug":"a-big-box-o-moths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/a-big-box-o-moths\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big “Box ‘o’ Moths”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, loads of moths in the moth trap on Wednesday Night. Literally hundreds of micros and close to 150 macro moths from over 35 different species as well.<\/p>\n

Here’s the trap before I opened it.<\/p>\n

\"Box<\/a>

Box of Moths<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s a typical sheet of egg box covered in moths.<\/p>\n

\"Moths\"<\/a>

Moths<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s the full list:<\/p>\n

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  • 18 x Common Footman<\/li>\n
  • 4 x Garden Tiger<\/li>\n
  • 1 x V-Pug<\/li>\n
  • 4 x Flame<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Riband Wave<\/li>\n
  • 4 x Dingy Footman<\/li>\n
  • 27 x Dark Arches<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Rosy Minor<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Pebble Prominent<\/li>\n
  • 23x Smoky Wainscot<\/li>\n
  • 3 x Large Yellow Underwing<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Blackneck<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Poplar Hawkmoth<\/li>\n
  • 23 x Common Rustic \/ Lesser Common Rustic agg.<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Yellow-tail<\/li>\n
  • 2 x July Highflyer<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Antler Moth<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Common White Wave<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Flame Shoulder<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Buff Ermine<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Shore Wainscot<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Spectacle<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Large Wainscot<\/li>\n
  • 1 x True Lover’s Knot<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Short-cloaked Moth<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Red Twin-spot Carpet<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Common Quaker<\/li>\n
  • 2 x Bordered White*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Spinach*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Dun-bar*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Double Lobed*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Rosy Wave*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Dot Moth*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Plain Golden Y*<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Single-dotted Wave<\/li>\n
  • 1 x Slender Pug*<\/li>\n
  • 1x Lesser Cream Wave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Plus one or two that I’ve yet to ID.<\/div>\n
    And here are a few of the new ones or ones of note. The Plain Golden Y and Rosy Wave are\u00a0particularly nice.<\/div>\n\n\t\t