Mothing on Mull

Trapped six consecutive nights while staying on the north coast of the Ross of Mull between Bunnessan and Pennyghael using a 125W MV over a Skinner box. The first five species shown here were all new to me. I recorded a total of 51 species in all. I saw very few dayflying moths; just singles of Silver Y and Common Heath.

Light Knot-grass Acronicta menyanthidis scotica



Satyr Pug Eupithecia satyrata callunaria


Monopis weaverella


Ancylis geminana


Opsibotys fuscalis


Clouded Buff Diacrisia sannio


True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea


Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata


The Shears Hada plebeja


Glaucous Shears Papestra biren


Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata hebudium


Ruddy Highflyer Hydriomena ruberata


The full list of species with total number of nights recorded, total moths and maximum in one night.


Monopis weaverella 1 1 1
White-shouldered House-moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1 1 1
Agonopterix ocellana 1 1 1
Bryotropha terrella 1 1 1
Ancylis geminana 1 1 1
Crambus lathoniellus 1 1 1
Opsibotys fuscalis 2 2 1 (two different moths)
Fox Moth (Macroglossum rubi) 4 6 2 (all females)
Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 1 1 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia) 2 3 2
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata) 1 1 1
Striped Twin-spot Carpet (Nebula salicata) 3 4 2
Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 1 1 1
Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1 2 2
Spruce Carpet (Thera britannica) 1 5 5
Ruddy Highflyer (Hydriomena ruberata) 2 3 2
Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 3 6 3
Satyr Pug (Eupithecia satyrata) 1 1 1
Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 1 1 1
Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata) 1 1 1
Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 2 2 1
Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 6 243 67
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 2 2 1
Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2 2 1
Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 6 16 5
Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 1 1 1
Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 4 4 1
Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 2 2 1
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) 2 7 5
Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula) 1 1 1
Pebble Prominent (Eligmodonta ziczac) 5 9 2
Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 1 1 1
Clouded Buff (Diacrisia sannio) 1 1 1
White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 5 10 3
Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 2 4 3
The Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 1 1 1
Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 3 5 2
True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea) 1 1 1
The Shears (Hada plebeja) 6 22 9
Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 1 1 1
Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 6 13 4
Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 1 1 1
Glaucous Shears (Papestra biren) 1 2 2
Broom Moth (Melanchra pisi) 3 6 3
Marbled Coronet (Hadena confusa) 1 1 1
Light Knot Grass (Acronicta menyanthidis scotica) 2 3 2
Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 2 2 1
Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 4 7 2
Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli) 5 23 8
Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1 1 1
The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 1 1 1


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