Loja Wildlife, Granada Province, Spain.: Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Friday, 13 May 2016

Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Moth Trapping with Dave Grundy.

Day four. Garden 125 watt MV Trap, 18 moths of 12 species.

Friends Garden 2x 15watt Actinic Traps, 47 moths of 20 species.

Eilema caniola (Hoary Footman).

As the weather was supposed to be better we did things slightly different this night by running two of the traps on a friends' property nearby and this boosted the results quite nicely.

Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw).

In the trap in our garden we had 1426 Prays oleae x1, 1525 (18.001) Plutella xylostella (Diamond backed Moth) x3, 3029 Dysspastus fallax x2, 6184 (63.069) Eudonia angustia x3, 6488 Evergestis frumentalis x1, 6531 (63.031) Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) x1, 6719 (63.052) Nomophila noctuella (Rush Veneer) x1, 8169 Idaea cervantaria x2, 8189 (70.017) Idaea degeneraria (Portland Ribbon Wave) x1, 9367 (73.074) Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw) x1, 10029 Mythimna x1 and 10493 (72.047) Eilema caniola (Hoary Footman).

6700 Dolicharthria punctalis.

In our friends garden we had 1525 (18.001) Plutella xylostella (Diamond backed Moth) x10, 3029 Dysspastus fallax x1, 3498 Mirificarma eburnella x5, 3798 Aproaerema anthyllidella x1, 5552 (45.044) Emmelina monodactyla (Common Plume) x1, 5864 Acrobasis obliqua x1, 6531 Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) x3, 6700 Dolicharthria punctalis x1, 6719 Nomophila noctuella (Rush Veneer) x1, 7504 Watsonalla uncinula x1, 7725 Menophora japygiaria (Brassy Waved Umber), 8167 Idaea subsericeata (Satin Wave) x1, 8169 Idaea cervantaria x1, 9367 Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw) x1, 9433 Caradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow) x6, 9454 Hoplodrina ambigua (Vine's Rustic) x3, 10096 Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) x1, 10238 Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing) x1, 10493 Eilema caniola (Hoary Footman) x5 and 10528 Utetheisa pulchella (Speckled Footman) x1.