Brown-tail

A few weeks back I was told about the defoliation of a large section of hedgerow along the A605 near Warmington caused by a colony of Brown-tail larvae. Well the adults are now emerging and have dispersed at least as far as Elton and Yaxley. This is a scarce moth in Hunts (VC31) but perhaps will become more established now.

Two appeared in the trap last night. The Herald is a moth more common at sugar but there were two of these last night too.

Brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea



The Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix


Nikon Coolpix P4

The full trap list:
237 moths of 61 species
0985 Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) 1
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 1
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 2
0642 Batia unitella 1
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 1
0980 Variegated Golden Tortrix (Archips xylosteana) 2
0989 Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana) 3
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 4
1016x Cnephasia sp. 11
1032 Aleimma loeflingiana 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1175 Bramble Shoot Moth (Epiblema uddmanniana) 1
1288 Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 9
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 3
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 3
1390 Udea prunalis 2
1392 Udea olivalis 2
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 2
1413 Gold Triangle (Hypsopygia costalis) 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1682 Blood-vein (Timandra comae) 1
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1712 Small Scallop (Idaea emarginata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) ab. remutata 10
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) typical 2
1758 Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata) 2
1860 Green Pug (Chloroclystis rectangulata) 1
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 1
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 2
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) typical 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) 1
1978 Pine Hawk-moth (Hyloicus pinastri) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2029 Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) 2
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 41
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 1
2089 Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 8
2098 The Flame (Axylia putris) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 7
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 2
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 1
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 2
2283x Dark/Grey Dagger (Acronicta tridens agg.) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 4
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 37
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 5
2381 The Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 18
2382 The Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda) 2
2422 Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 7
2450 The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1
2469 The Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) 2
2473 Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula) 1