Field trip Insh Marshes, near Kingussie, 21st July 2010.

The weather at Insh Marshes RSPB Reserve on 21st July was atrocious. It rained absolutely non-stop and we gave up even thinking about looking for our target butterfly (Northern Brown Argus).

However, the moth trap was stuffed with moths and it took about 3 hours to go through them. The total came to 66 species of macro-moth which was fantastic (a record for me in fact).

We had to ignore loads of micro-moths but three obvious ones have been added to the bottom of the list.

Pete Moore

Moths caught in light trap
Checklist number	Taxon	Vernacular	Number
18	Hepialus fusconebulosa	Map-winged Swift	1
1645	Falcaria lacertinaria	Scalloped Hook-tip	1
1652	Thyatira batis	Peach Blossom	1
1657	Ochropacha duplaris	Common Lutestring	5
1666	Geometra papilionaria	Large Emerald	5
1694	Scopula ternata	Smoky Wave	6
1713	Idaea aversata	Riband Wave	5
1719	Orthonama vittata	Oblique Carpet	2
1722	Xanthorhoe designata	Flame Carpet	1
1727	Xanthorhoe montanata	Silver-ground Carpet	1
1732	Scotopteryx chenopodiata	Shaded Broad-bar	1
1752	Cosmorhoe ocellata	Purple Bar	6
1758	Eulithis pyraliata	Barred Straw	28
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	4
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	5
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1873	Venusia cambrica	Welsh Wave	11
1889	Macaria notata	Peacock	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone	4
1941	Alcis repandata	Mottled Beauty	11
1942	Alcis jubata	Dotted Carpet	20
1955	Cabera pusaria	Common White Wave	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	3
1963	Gnophos obfuscata	Scotch Annulet	1
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	3
2006	Pheosia gnoma	Lesser Swallow Prominent	17
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	12
2008	Ptilodon capucina	Coxcomb Prominent	5
2057	Arctia caja	Garden Tiger	2
2085	Agrotis vestigialis	Archer's Dart	1
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	3
2114	Graphiphora augur	Double Dart	1
2118	Lycophotia porphyrea	True Lover's Knot	4
2120	Diarsia mendica	Ingrailed Clay	53
2122	Diarsia brunnea	Purple Clay	5
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	11
2128	Xestia triangulum	Double Square-spot	5
2130	Xestia baja	Dotted Clay	11
2137	Eurois occulta	Great Brocade	4
2138	Anaplectoides prasina	Green Arches	9
2150	Polia nebulosa	Grey Arches	1
2166	Hadena rivularis	The Campion	1
2176	Cerapteryx graminis	Antler	47
2198	Mythimna impura	Smoky Wainscot	23
2250	Blepharita adusta	Dark Brocade	1
2289	Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass	1
2302	Rusina ferruginea	Brown Rustic	2
2305	Euplexia lucipara	Small Angle Shades	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	30
2326	Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	5
2330	Apamea remissa	Dusky Brocade	1
2340	Oligia fasciuncula	Middle-barred Minor	15
2343	Mesapamea secalis agg	Common Rustic agg	1
2345	Photedes minima	Small Dotted Buff	1
2367	Celaena haworthii	Haworth's Minor	1
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	5
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
2442	Autographa pulchrina	Beautiful Golden Y	1
2444	Autographa bractea	Gold Spangle	4
2450	Abrostola tripartita	The Spectacle	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	The Snout	4
2439	Plusia festucae	Gold Spot	1
	Oligea sp	Minor agg	10
	Micros
424	Yponomeuta evonymella	Bird-cherry Ermine	3
1345	Elophila nymphaeata	Brown China-mark	1
1405	Pleuroptya ruralis	Mother of Pearl