This was a difficult year to summarise, we had more winter frost than
for the past two years but over the year as a whole much less rain than
in what we had regarded as hot dry summers! Entomologically it was a
sandwich with the meat in the middle and some rather dry bread on either
side. There were few good catches in the Spring and my garden catch
was well below average at the end of June. At this point however things
were picking up and by mid-August my total was higher than it has been
at that stage for some time but with nothing new. On a freak night at
the beginning of September I had four species that I had never seen
in the garden here before but then things fell away very quickly and
catches both at light and sugar were so poor that nocturnal expeditions
did not seem worthwhile.
For me the outstanding event of the year was the discovery of not one
but two active trap operators in SJ36; Steve Holmes in Blacon and John
Raines in Ferry Lane, Chester added over 100 species to our records
for this square which moved, not merely off the "bottom of the
league" but well up the table to a total of 250 species. Dr Raines'
trap which is virtually at sea level and in a wild habitat right on
the Welsh border produced a remarkable profusion of insects.
We have added about 350 records in the year, which even without the
SJ36 bonanza is a better result than we achieved in 1990 and gives us
a total of over 8,600 or an average of 278 species per square, so we
must work harder in any square below this figure! All squares now have
over 200 species recorded and SJ68 is the back marker on 204 with SJ29
and SJ86 nearing 220. In only two of our 31 10km squares did we fail
to get at least one new record during the year, due partly to a campaign
of daytime larva beating in some of the squares where there is no resident
trap operator. Such species as Northern Winter, Scarce Umber and Streak
were found in this way, almost every Broom bush beaten seemed to produce
the last mentioned.
Of the three species added to our list this year two were among those
I had been expecting to be found as residents. Ian Smith took the Scarce
Silver Y at Mellor, all attempts to find it on the high moors had been
frustrated by inclement weather in the past. The Marbled Brown which
Paul Griffiths and Roger Robinson turned up at Peckforton is the second
of the four Oak feeders absent until 1989 when the same two workers
found the Oak Lutestring. The new find brought a misprint to light,
it is No. 2014 on the list, a number that I had shown for the Lunar
Marbled Brown which should be 2015. The third addition, Angle Striped
Sallow, which came to my trap on the 5th September must have wandered
a long way from its known breeding ground unless there is an unknown
one nearer home! This possibility is raised by the presence of two records
for this moth in Volume 10 of "The Moths and Butterflies of GB
& I" by John Heath et al., I am trying to trace the origin
of these records.
The most interesting records other than for the new species seem to
include Small Brindled Beauty in SJ55, Red Carpet in SJ99, Mallow in
SJ36, three new squares for Red Green Carpet, Convolvulus Hawk a larva
in SJ54, Golden Rod Brindle in SJ98 and Blair's Shoulder Knot in SJ88
& 98. Red Underwings were widely reported and this included four
new squares. The number of Barred Sallows taken by John Raines was very
good news as this has always been regarded as a rarity, but his catch
of 1,100 Setaceous Hebrew Characters in one night puts even the Yellow
Underwings in the shade (my trap took just 4 Setaceous Hebrew Characters
in the season!).
C.I. Rutherford - (Tel.: 01625-583683)
January 1992
The following new records were received for Vice-County
58 (Cheshire) in 1991: - an asterisk (*) indicates a new species for the
county of Cheshire; the number (Code) at the extreme left is the Bradley
& Fletcher code from their publication: "A Recorder's Log Book or
Label List of British Butterflies and Moths" - J.D. Bradley and D.S. Fletcher
(1979) :-
Code |
English Name |
New 10Km Squares (SJ)
|
14 |
Ghost Swift |
45
|
16 |
Gold Swift |
38, 69, 97
|
17 |
Common Swift |
36
|
18 |
Map-Winged Swift |
55, 69
|
161 |
Leopard |
64
|
163 |
Six-Spot Burnet |
36, 58
|
171 |
Narrow-b'd 5-Spot Burnet |
36, 78
|
1631 |
December Moth |
36, 99
|
1637 |
Oak Eggar |
54, 55, 98
|
1638 |
Fox Moth |
36
|
1645 |
Scalloped Hook-tip |
54
|
1648 |
Pebble Hook-tip |
36
|
1651 |
Chinese Character |
37
|
1654 |
Figure of Eighty |
36
|
1657 |
Common Lutestring |
99
|
1659 |
Yellow Horned |
66, 69, 86
|
1661 |
Orange Underwing |
54, 57, 58, 66, 69
|
1663 |
March Moth |
36
|
1666 |
Large Emerald |
36
|
1667 |
Blotched Emerald |
36, 98
|
1682 |
Blood-Vein |
88
|
1690 |
Small Blood-Vein |
36
|
1693 |
Cream Wave |
37, 47
|
1705 |
Dwarf Cream Wave |
46
|
1712 |
Small Scallop |
54
|
1723 |
Red Carpet |
99
|
1725 |
Dark Barred Twin-spot C'pet |
44
|
1732 |
Shaded Broad-bar |
36
|
1734 |
July Belle |
46
|
1741 |
Galium Carpet |
47
|
1745 |
The Mallow |
36
|
1748 |
Beautiful Carpet |
55, 64
|
1749 |
Dark Spinach |
36, 47
|
1750 |
Water Carpet |
44
|
1752 |
Purple Bar |
65
|
1754 |
The Phoenix |
36, 45, 46
|
1755 |
The Chevron |
36, 67
|
1756 |
Northern Spinach |
67
|
1757 |
The Spinach |
36
|
1760 |
Red-Green Carpet |
36, 38, 87
|
1761 |
Autumn Green Carpet |
29
|
1762 |
Dark Marbled Carpet |
36, 37
|
1765 |
Barred Yellow |
36, 47, 57, 86
|
1766 |
Blue-bordered Carpet |
36
|
1767 |
Reddish Pine Carpet |
36 64
|
1768 |
Grey Pine Carpet |
36
|
1769 |
Spruce Carpet |
36, 46, 86
|
1771 |
Juniper Carpet |
69
|
1775 |
Mottled Grey |
54
|
1776 |
Green Carpet |
36
|
1787 |
Argent and Sable |
54
|
1795 |
November Moth |
36
|
1797 |
Autumnal Moth |
29, 36, 46, 69, 76
|
1798 |
Small Autumnal Moth |
87
|
1800 |
Northern Winter Moth |
36, 46, 56, 66
|
1803 |
Small Rivulet |
56
|
1808 |
Sandy Carpet |
54
|
1809 |
Twin-Spot Carpet |
47
|
1816 |
Toadflax Pug |
36
|
1817 |
Foxglove Pug |
55
|
1821 |
Valerian Pug |
87
|
1825 |
Lime-speck Pug |
45, 47
|
1831 |
Ling Pug |
69
|
1832 |
Currant Pug |
86
|
1835 |
White-spotted Pug |
36, 37, 47
|
1838 |
Tawny-speckled Pug |
36, 69
|
1846 |
Narrow-winged Pug |
44
|
1849 |
Ash Pug |
46, 55
|
1851 |
Golden Rod Pug |
55
|
1852 |
Brindled Pug |
55, 58, 69
|
1853 |
Oak-tree Pug |
44, 99
|
1854 |
Juniper Pug |
44
|
1857 |
Dwarf Pug |
54, 55
|
1858 |
V-Pug |
36
|
1859 |
Sloe Pug |
78, 88
|
1860 |
Green Pug |
69
|
1862 |
Double-striped Pug |
45
|
1864 |
Streak |
45, 55, 76
|
1867 |
Treble-bar |
47, 69
|
1870 |
Chimney Sweeper |
36
|
1874 |
Dingy Shell |
54, 77
|
1876 |
Small Yellow Wave |
69, 76
|
1885 |
Clouded Magpie |
36
|
1894 |
Latticed Heath |
44
|
1912 |
August Thorn |
36, 45
|
1913 |
Canary-shouldered Thorn |
37
|
1914 |
Dusky Thorn |
37
|
1919 |
Purple Thorn |
36, 37
|
1923 |
Feathered Thorn |
56, 76
|
1925 |
Small Brindled Beauty |
54
|
1926 |
Pale Brindled Beauty |
36, 66
|
1932 |
Spring Usher |
68
|
1933 |
Scarce Umber |
29, 36, 58, 76
|
1934 |
Dotted Border |
68
|
1936 |
Waved Umber |
29, 36, 45
|
1947 |
Engrailed |
44
|
1954 |
Bordered White |
29
|
1955 |
Common White Wave |
29
|
1956 |
Common Wave |
47
|
1972 |
Convolvulus Hawk-moth |
54
|
1979 |
Lime Hawk-moth |
29, 99
|
1981 |
Poplar Hawk-moth |
86
|
1984 |
Humming-bird Hawk-moth |
29, 36
|
1991 |
Elephant Hawk-moth |
29
|
1994 |
Buff-tip |
36
|
1995 |
Puss Moth |
57, 99
|
1997 |
Sallow Kitten |
36
|
1998 |
Poplar Kitten |
29, 44, 56, 58, 69
|
2007 |
Swallow Prominent |
36
|
2014 * |
Marbled Brown |
55
|
2020 |
Figure of Eight |
36, 69
|
2026 |
Vapourer |
29, 47, 54
|
2031 |
White Satin |
69
|
2038 |
Muslin Footman |
44
|
2050 |
Common Footman |
99
|
2063 |
Muslin Ermine |
36
|
2078 |
Least Black Arches |
54, 64
|
2081 |
White-line Dart |
36, 44
|
2088 |
Heart and Club |
37, 47, 64
|
2091 |
Dark Sword-grass |
36
|
2092 |
Shuttle-shaped Dart |
36
|
2110 |
Broad Bordered Yellow U'wing |
36
|
2112 |
Least Yellow Underwing |
44, 67
|
2117 |
Autumnal Rustic |
36
|
2119 |
Pearly Underwing |
36
|
2121 |
Barred Chestnut |
36
|
2122 |
Purple Clay |
69
|
2127 |
Triple-spotted Clay |
36, 46
|
2130 |
Dotted Clay |
44
|
2132 |
Neglected Rustic |
69
|
2133 |
Six-striped Rustic |
36
|
2134 |
Square-spot Rustic |
37
|
2135 |
Heath Rustic |
36
|
2136 |
Gothic |
55
|
2138 |
Green Arches |
54
|
2145 |
Nutmeg |
36
|
2147 |
Shears |
36, 37
|
2150 |
Grey Arches |
36
|
2158 |
Pale Shouldered Brocade |
36, 37
|
2163 |
Broom Moth |
36
|
2164 |
Broad-barred White |
36, 47
|
2166 |
Campion |
36
|
2167 |
Tawny Shears |
36
|
2171 |
Marbled Coronet |
36
|
2173 |
Lychnis |
36
|
2176 |
Antler |
36, 44
|
2178 |
Feathered Gothic |
36, 37
|
2182 |
Small Quaker |
29, 36
|
2192 |
Brown-line Bright-eye |
36
|
2211 |
Wormwood Shark |
88
|
2214 |
Chamomile Shark |
69, 75
|
2216 |
Shark |
36, 37, 45, 99
|
2221 |
Mullein |
36
|
2231 |
Deep-brown Dart |
36, 88
|
2232 |
Black Rustic |
36, 47, 64
|
2233 |
Golden Rod Brindle |
98
|
2235 |
Tawny Pinion |
98
|
2236 |
Pale Pinion |
36
|
2237 |
Grey Shoulder-knot |
36
|
2240 |
Blair's Shoulder-knot |
88, 98
|
2243 |
Early Grey |
69
|
2245 |
Green Brindled Crescent |
36
|
2247 |
Merveille Du Jour |
36
|
2248 |
Brindled Green |
36
|
2254 |
Grey Chi |
54
|
2255 |
Feathered Ranunculus |
36
|
2256 |
Satellite |
29, 36, 56, 86
|
2258 |
Chestnut |
29, 36
|
2259 |
Dark Chestnut |
36, 69
|
2263 |
Red-line Quaker |
36
|
2264 |
Yellow-line Quaker |
36, 46, 58
|
2266 |
Brown Spot Pinion |
36
|
2267 |
Beaded Chestnut |
36
|
2268 |
Suspected |
36, 38
|
2269 |
Centre-barred Sallow |
36, 55, 57
|
2270 |
Lunar Underwing |
36
|
2271 |
Orange Sallow |
69
|
2272 |
Barred Sallow |
36
|
2273 |
Pink-barred Sallow |
36
|
2275 |
Dusky Lemon Sallow |
36
|
2278 |
Poplar Grey |
69
|
2280 |
Miller |
44
|
2283 |
Dark Dagger |
44
|
2293 |
Marbled Beauty |
44, 86
|
2298 |
Svensonn's Copper Underwing |
55
|
2299 |
Mouse |
69
|
2300 |
Old Lady |
55
|
2303 |
Straw Underwing |
36, 46, 47
|
2313 * |
Angle-striped Sallow |
87
|
2314 |
Dingy Shears |
47
|
2322 |
Light Arches |
36
|
2327 |
Clouded Brindle |
36
|
2335 |
Slender Brindle |
36, 37, 47
|
2336 |
Double Lobed |
36, 47
|
2338 |
Rufous Minor |
36
|
2341 |
Cloaked Minor |
47
|
2342 |
Rosy Minor |
36
|
2343a |
Lesser Common Rustic |
47, 55
|
2350 |
Small Wainscot |
36
|
2353 |
Flounced Rustic |
55
|
2357 |
Large Ear |
64, 87
|
2358 |
Saltern Ear |
36
|
2360 |
Ear Moth |
47
|
2364 |
Frosted Orange |
36, 55
|
2367 |
Haworth's Minor |
87, 98
|
2368 |
Crescent |
36, 37
|
2369 |
Bullrush Wainscot |
36, 37, 44, 86
|
2375 |
Large Wainscot |
36, 87
|
2380 |
Treble Lines |
36
|
2381 |
Uncertain |
37, 99
|
2389 |
Pale Mottled Willow |
36
|
2397 |
Small Yellow Underwing |
55, 86
|
2399 |
Bordered Sallow |
36
|
2421 |
Scarce Silver-lines |
36, 47
|
2422 |
Green Silver-lines |
54
|
2437 |
Golden Plusia |
36
|
2439 |
Gold Spot |
36
|
2447 * |
Scarce Silver Y |
98
|
2449 |
Dark Spectacle |
36, 99
|
2450 |
Spectacle |
29
|
2452 |
Red Underwing |
36, 37, 44, 47
|
2463 |
Burnet Companion |
58
|
2474 |
Straw Dot |
99
|
2489 |
Fan-foot |
29
|
|
|
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