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Moths
in a Parr garden
In 2000, I caught a staggering 11,391 macro moths of 204
species in my back garden, in Parr St. Helens. This beats 1999s total by
nearly 5,000, despite moth trapping on almost an identical number of
nights.
The commonest species were Large Yellow Underwing and
Heart and Dart, which each totaled well over 1000 individuals trapped. On
several nights, the trap contained over 100 of each of these species.
Below is a list of all the species caught.
|
species |
Total |
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Large Yellow
Underwing |
1924 |
|
Heart and Dart |
1243 |
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Lesser Yellow
Underwing |
592 |
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Common Rustic |
574 |
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Dark Arches |
525 |
|
Square-spot Rustic |
409 |
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Bright-line Brown-eye |
408 |
|
Setaceous Hebrew
Character |
345 |
|
Garden Carpet |
289 |
|
Silver Y |
257 |
|
Common Marbled Carpet |
255 |
|
Riband Wave |
198 |
|
Uncertain |
196 |
|
Angle Shades |
189 |
|
Willow Beauty |
184 |
|
Flame Shoulder |
161 |
|
Cabbage Moth |
158 |
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Marbled Beauty |
157 |
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Tawny Marbled Minor |
154 |
|
Lesser Broad-bordered
Yellow Underwing |
143 |
|
Smoky Wainscot |
121 |
|
Grey Pug |
115 |
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Black Rustic |
113 |
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Common Pug |
94 |
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Mouse Moth |
92 |
|
Dusky Brocade |
84 |
|
Double-striped Pug |
80 |
|
Spectacle |
80 |
|
Brimstone Moth |
80 |
|
Flounced Rustic |
77 |
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Grey Dagger |
75 |
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Hebrew Character |
72 |
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Shuttle-shaped Dart |
71 |
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Rustic Shoulder-knot |
66 |
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Dark Spectacle |
66 |
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Wormwood Pug |
61 |
|
Dark-barred Twin-spot
Carpet |
51 |
|
Mottled Rustic |
49 |
|
Flame |
46 |
|
Dot Moth |
45 |
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Buff Ermine |
45 |
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Blair's Shoulder-knot |
44 |
|
Snout |
38 |
|
Burnished Brass |
38 |
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Light Arches |
37 |
|
Turnip Moth |
36 |
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Pale Mottled Willow |
36 |
|
Small Square-spot |
36 |
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Clouded-bordered
Brindle |
33 |
|
Swallow-tailed Moth |
30 |
|
Least Yellow
Underwing |
29 |
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Clay |
29 |
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Scalloped Oak |
27 |
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Marbled Minor |
27 |
|
Small Fan-foot |
26 |
|
Lunar Underwing |
25 |
|
Cloaked Minor |
25 |
|
White-spotted Pug |
24 |
|
Short-cloaked Moth |
24 |
|
Green Pug |
23 |
|
Early Grey |
23 |
|
Common Carpet |
23 |
|
Dusky Thorn |
21 |
|
Bordered Pug |
20 |
|
Small Phoenix |
19 |
|
Clouded Border |
18 |
|
Plain Golden Y |
18 |
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Clouded Drab |
18 |
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Dun-bar |
17 |
|
Shaded Broad-bar |
17 |
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Golden-rod Pug |
17 |
|
Gold Spot |
17 |
|
Buff Arches |
17 |
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Rustic |
17 |
|
Poplar Hawk-moth |
16 |
|
Peppered Moth |
16 |
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Tawny Speckled Pug |
16 |
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Common Wave |
16 |
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Lime-speck Pug |
15 |
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Knot Grass |
15 |
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Fan-foot |
14 |
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Freyer's Pug |
14 |
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Barred Yellow |
13 |
|
Common Quaker |
12 |
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Poplar Grey |
12 |
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Silver-ground Carpet |
12 |
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Six-striped Rustic |
11 |
|
Clouded Silver |
11 |
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Svensson's Copper
Underwing |
10 |
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Cinnabar |
10 |
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Centre-barred Sallow |
10 |
|
Foxglove Pug |
10 |
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Small Clouded Brindle |
10 |
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Copper Underwing |
9 |
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Dotted Clay |
9 |
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Pebble Prominent |
9 |
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Brindled Pug |
9 |
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Canary-shouldered
Thorn |
9 |
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Pink-barred Sallow |
8 |
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Dark Sword-grass |
8 |
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Pebble Hook-tip |
8 |
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White Ermine |
8 |
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Slender Pug |
8 |
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Common Emerald |
7 |
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Rosy Rustic |
7 |
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Figure of Eighty |
7 |
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Common Footman |
7 |
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Iron Prominent |
7 |
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Early Thorn |
7 |
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Rufous Minor |
7 |
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Middle-barred Minor |
6 |
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Light Emerald |
6 |
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Chinese Character |
5 |
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Pale-shouldered
Brocade |
5 |
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Small Fan-footed Wave |
5 |
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Double Lobed |
5 |
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Frosted Orange |
5 |
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Straw Underwing |
5 |
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Red-line Quaker |
5 |
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Deep-brown Dart |
5 |
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Elephant Hawk-moth |
5 |
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Herald |
5 |
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Seraphim |
5 |
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Broad-bordered Yellow
Underwing |
4 |
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Lychnis |
4 |
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Yellow Shell |
4 |
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May Highflyer |
4 |
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Double Square-spot |
4 |
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Common Swift |
4 |
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Single-dotted Wave |
4 |
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Oak-tree Pug |
4 |
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Sallow |
4 |
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Common Wainscot |
3 |
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Beaded Chestnut |
3 |
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Buff Tip |
3 |
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Common White Wave |
3 |
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Ruby Tiger |
3 |
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Red Underwing |
3 |
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Rosy Minor |
3 |
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Mottled Beauty |
3 |
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Feathered Thorn |
3 |
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Green-brindled
Crescent |
3 |
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Toadflax Pug |
2 |
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Brown Silver-line |
2 |
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Tawny Pinion |
2 |
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Swallow Prominent |
2 |
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White-speck |
2 |
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Bulrush Wainscot |
2 |
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V-Pug |
2 |
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Brick |
2 |
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Coxcomb Prominent |
2 |
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Barred Rivulet |
2 |
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Brindled Green |
2 |
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March Moth |
2 |
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Muslin Moth |
2 |
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Grey Pine Carpet |
2 |
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Miller |
2 |
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Yellow-tail |
2 |
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Shark |
2 |
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Small Dusty Wave |
2 |
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Lime Hawk-moth |
2 |
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Nutmeg |
2 |
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Latticed Heath |
2 |
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Ghost Moth |
2 |
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Small Quaker |
2 |
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Small Rivulet |
2 |
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Pearly Underwing |
2 |
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Engrailed |
2 |
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Yellow-line Quaker |
1 |
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Scorched Wing |
1 |
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Beautiful Golden Y |
1 |
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Lunar Marbled Brown |
1 |
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Yellow-barred Brindle |
1 |
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Bleached Pug |
1 |
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Bordered White |
1 |
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Larch Pug |
1 |
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Sandy Carpet |
1 |
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Marbled Coronet |
1 |
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Small Dotted Buff |
1 |
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Green Silver-lines |
1 |
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Autumnal Rustic |
1 |
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Shoulder-striped
Wainscot |
1 |
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Purple Clay |
1 |
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Spinach |
1 |
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Currant Pug |
1 |
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Small Elephant
Hawk-moth |
1 |
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Peach Blossom |
1 |
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Orange Sallow |
1 |
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Early Tooth-striped |
1 |
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Eyed Hawk-moth |
1 |
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Plain Pug |
1 |
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November Moth |
1 |
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Powdered Quaker |
1 |
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Grass Rivulet |
1 |
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Garden Tiger |
1 |
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Satellite |
1 |
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True Lover,s Knot |
1 |
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Rivulet |
1 |
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Gem |
1 |
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Dark Spinach |
1 |
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Chevron |
1 |
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Dog,s Tooth |
1 |
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Gothic |
1 |
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Olive |
1 |
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