User-submitted Moth Trap Records
Not intended to be an exhaustive list of moth traps from the VC57/Derbyshire area, just an opportunity for website visitors to share their traps, outcomes and queries. As these are user-submitted traps, no guarantee of moth identification or accuracy is guaranteed. All submissions will be vetted and approved by Admin prior to appearing on this list
Total Traps Recorded: 2
| Posted Date | Trap Date | Submitter | Trap Title | Location | Start | End | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/03/2025 | 01/03/2023 | Richard Pittam | Trap Submission - another test today for one a while ago | Repton | 19.00h | 09.00h | Bucket |
| Trap Details | |||||||
| Trap Description: damp and cold Weather Conditions: | |||||||
| Species Information | |||||||
| Species Trapped: lots of little ones and a big red one Species Queried: yes, the red one | |||||||
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| Any General Trap Comments: none | |||||||
| Posted Date | Trap Date | Submitter | Trap Title | Location | Start | End | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/03/2025 | 05/03/2025 | Richard Pittam | Trap Submission - test1 | 17 Netherside Drive Chellaston | 20.00h | 07.00h | Other |
| Trap Details | |||||||
| Trap Type Other: a hand-made one Trap Description: 20W Actinic moth trap - testing an area of my garden next to the wooded area at the back of the house - elevation approx. 300ft above sea level. Weather Conditions: Cold, minus 2 degrees, wet and windy. | |||||||
| Species Information | |||||||
| Species Trapped: Oak Beauty (6); Hebrew Character (2); Early Grey (1), Emmelina monodactyla (Common Plume) (1); Acleris schalleriana (1); Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) (1); Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg (2), were all NFY, plus March Moth (3); Dotted Border (1); Common Quaker (1); 19/10. Species Queried: Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg Species Queried Response:The Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg. is actually an Emperor Moth. | |||||||
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| Any General Trap Comments: Currently trapping every other night as experiment, even though it is very cold. | |||||||
| Species Queried Response: The Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg. is actually an Emperor Moth. | |||||||