The “Top Twenty” moths for 2006, together with 2005 data are detailed below

The “Top Twenty” moths for 2006, together with 2005 data are detailed below.

 

Species and Position

Number and Last Year’s

Position

First Date

Last Date

Large Yellow Underwing

1

2815

(3172  -  1st)

15/06

18/10

Common Footman

2

2285

(2416  -  2nd)

17/06

29/07

Common Wainscot

=3

1483

(838  -  5th)

08/06

25/10

Setaceous Hebrew Character

=3

1483

(818  -  6th)

04/06

26/11

Lunar Underwing

5

1192

(954  -  3rd)

05/09

08/11

Heart and Dart

6

1117

(622  -  8th)

25/05

20/09

Common Rustic

7

1055

(615  -  9th)

28/06

19/08

Smokey Wainscot

8

949

(409  -  13th)

23/06

13/09

Flounced Rustic

9

900

(724  -  7th)

17/07

16/09

Dark Arches

10

723

(462  -  11th)

13/06

01/12

November Moth

11

630

(246  - >20th)

03/10

06/11

Flame Shoulder

12

573

(520  -  10th)

05/05

14/09

Dun-bar

13

558

(298  -  20th)

01/07

20/08

Square-spot Rustic

14

515

(915  -  4th)

08/08

02/10

Uncertain

15

481

(387  -  =14th)

16/06

27/09

Common  Quaker

  16

427

(333  -  19th)

23/03

14/05

Lesser Yellow Underwing

17

369

(221  -  >20th)

10/07

13/11

Clouded Drab

=18 

352

(372  -  16th)

15/02

25/05

Silver Y

=18

352

(40  -  >20th)

04/05

15/12

Snout

  20

332

(132  -  >20th)

13/06

17/10

 

There are 33 species that have appeared in the “top 20” over the seven years of the data. Of these 9 have appeared every year, see table below, with first emergence dates.

 

Species

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Angle Shades

-

28/04

-

-

-

-

-

-

Brimstone Moth

-

13/05

-

-

-

-

-

-

Buff Ermine

-

-

-

-

30/05

-

-

-

Clouded Drab

-

-

-

-

-

11/02

25/01

15/02

Common Footman

16/06

17/06

30/06

24/06

12/06

16/06

21/06

17/06

Common Quaker

-

-

-

04/03

04/03

05/03

11/02

23/03

Common Rustic

05/07

02/07

04/07

12/07

28/06

29/06

01/07

28/06

Common Wainscot

29/05

14/06

05/06

31/05

27/05

31/05

02/06

08/06

Dark Arches

09/06

15/06

14/06

13/06

13/06

07/06

20/06

13/06

Dun-bar

-

-

10/07

06/07

28/06

29/06

10/07

01/07

Flame Shoulder

-

08/05

25/05

24/04

01/05

-

20/05

05/05

Flounced Rustic

22/07

31/07

26/07

01/08

21/07

-

22/07

17/07

Heart and Dart

26/05

02/06

28/05

17/05

27/05

25/05

30/05

25/05

Hebrew Character

07/03

22/02

11/03

12/02

03/03

15/02

03/01

-

Large Yellow Underwing

31/05

12/06

14/06

06/06

01/06

15/06

18/06

15/06

Lesser B-B Yellow U’wing

13/07

18/07

17/07

19/07

15/07

14/07

14/07

-

Lesser Yellow Underwing

-

05/07

-

-

-

-

-

10/07

Lunar Underwing

-

10/09

13/09

-

06/09

03/09

04/09

05/09

Mottled Rustic

-

12/06

-

-

-

-

-

-

November Moth

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

03/10

Ribboned Wave

-

-

25/06

16/06

-

02/06

-

-

Rosy Rustic

-

-

-

-

14/07

-

28/07

-

Rustic

15/06

14/06

13/06

06/06

-

-

-

-

Scarce Footman

-

-

-

-

-

-

23/06

-

Setaceous Hebrew Character

31/05

31/05

29/05

25/05

26/05

31/05

01/06

04/06

Silver Y

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

04/05

Small Square Spot

14/05

19/05

23/05

16/05

-

-

-

-

Smokey Wainscot

31/05

19/06

11/06

23/06

15/06

17/06

31/06

23/06

Snout

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13/06

Square-spot Rustic

18/08

28/07

27/07

10/08

04/08

08/08

12/08

08/08

Uncertain

-

-

-

-

09/06

-

23/06

16/06

White Ermine

-

-

15/05

12/05

24/04

10/05

-

-

Yellow Tail

-

-

03/07

09/07

-

30/06

-

-