[0418] Argyresthia conjugella

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David, Roger, Steve and myself tried a session trapping on the Westbrook Hay site consisting of unimproved grassland and surrounding ancient woodland.We parked up and intended to run a few traps from the Old Barn electrics and then walk with a few traps and the genny to somewhere towards Ramacre Wood, overlooking Hay Wood as well. Unfortunately the electric sockets in the Old Barn did not work (although strangely all the lights did) so after setting up two traps and laying 100 metres of cable to find they wouldn't work, we had to pack it all up and go to plan B, take all but one of the traps with us alongside the bridlepath leading to Ramacre Wood.This part of Westbrook Hay has been previously untrapped, unfortunately it was very humid (good for moths) and we were plagued by Horse-flies, well I was! One got the tip of my index finger but I got off lightly luckily.Not to be put off anymore, as soon as I pulled the cord on the generator the wind got up! You couldn't make it up!Luckily the wind was on and off, but when it was on it was blowing quite considerably. I thought we should put a trap on the bridlepath shielded from the wind, and this trap did pretty well indeed. All in all a great trip marred by a few niggles, you can't have it all I suppose. The catch was mainly made up of Middle-barred Minor, Straw Dot, Tortrix viridana, Pseudargyrotoza conwagana, Aleimma loeflingiana and Chrysoteuchia culmella. Highlights were Green Arches, White-point, Phlyctaenia perlucidalis, Alabonia geoffrella and Archips crataegana.Stenoptilia pterodactyla was potted up in my car, it must have still been in one of the traps as we were loading them in. Identified by its white costal streak. Catch Report - 20/06/14 - Westbrook Hay - Hemel Hempstead - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 40w Lucent Suitcase Trap & 1x 80w Actinic Suitcase Trap.59 Macros and 49 Micros ( 108 species)Macro Moths2x Beautiful Hook-tip5x Brimstone Moth2x Buff Ermine 2x Buff Footman1x Burnished Brass2x Clouded Border30+ Clouded Silver1x Common Marbled Carpet1x Common Swift2x Common Wainscot1x Common White Wave1x Coronet8x Dark Arches2x Double Square-spot1x Drinker2x Engrailed5x Fan-foot2x Flame3x Flame Shoulder1x Foxglove Pug2x Garden Carpet2x Ghost Moth1x Green Arches4x Green Silver-lines4x Grey Pug3x Heart & Club12x Heart & Dart2x Ingrailed Clay1x Large Nutmeg1x Large Twin-spot Carpet5x Large Yellow Underwing2x Light Arches1x Light Brocade4x Light Emerald1x Lobster Moth1x Maiden's Blush5x Marbled Minor2x Marbled White Spot20x Middle-barred Minor7x Mottled Beauty4x Mottled Rustic3x Peach Blossom2x Peppered Moth5x Riband Wave1x Scorched Wing2x Setaceous Hebrew Character1x Shears4x Shoulder-striped Wainscot1x Silver-ground Carpet1x Small Clouded Brindle5x Small Square-spot2x Snout20+ Straw Dot2x Treble Brown Spot8x Uncertain3x White Ermine1x White-point1x Willow Beauty3x Yellow ShellMicro Moths1x Alabonia geoffrella [NEW!]1x Blastobasis laticolella1x Zeiraphera isertana1x Swammerdamia pyrella1x Bryotropha terrella1x Parachronistis albiceps8x Epinotia abbreviana1x Ancylis achatana2x Eucosma hohenwartiana1x Agonopterix arenella7x Aphomia sociella20+ Pseudargyrotoza conwagana1x Eurrhypara hortulata1x Hofmannophila pseudospretella20+ Tortrix viridana 50+ Chrysoteuchia culmella10x Pabdemis cerasana5x Pandemis heparana4x Celypha lacunana2x Archips podana1x Archips crataegana2x Hedya pruniana10x Hedya nubiferana2x Clepsis consimilana1x Acentria ephemerella2x Argyresthia albistria1x Argyresthia conjugella2 Eudonia mercurella15+ Aleimma loeflingiana1x Phycita roborella2x Cnephasia sp1x Scrobipalpa acuminatella1x Ditula angustiorana1x Phlyctaenia perlucidalis1x Homoeosoma sinuella1x Orthopygia glaucinalis2x Crambus perlella5x Udea olivalis1x Udea prunalis1x Lozotaenia forsterana12x Archips xylosteana2x Celypha striana2x Crambus lathoniellus2x Scoparia ambigualis2x Anthophila fabriciana1x Elachista argentella1x Teleiodes luculella1x Emmetia marginea1x Stenoptilia pterodactyla