(2131) Square-spotted Clay (Xestia rhomboidea) (7855987570)

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Summary[edit] Description: First garden trap - 17-08-12 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire Well here it is, the first catch from my new garden. Was pleasantly surprised with the variety, and not too much to identify. Best moths were singles of both Square-spotted Clay and Epinotia ramella Catch Report -17-08-12 -Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap Macro Moths 1x Orange Swift 10x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3x Black Arches 8x Square-spot Rustic 20x Willow Beauty 3x Dun-bar 12x Riband Wave 3x Large Yellow Underwing 3x Common Swift 2x Brimstone Moth 1x Magpie Moth 1x Yellow Shell 1x Copper Underwing 1x Square-spotted Clay 1x Marbled Beauty 1x Lesser-spotted Pinion 1x Straw Underwing 1x Common Rustic 1x Straw Dot 1x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Micro Moths 5x Agriphila tristella 8x Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis 1x Eudonia mecurella 7x Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana 6x Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 13x Blastobasis adustella 1x Chrysoteuchia culmella 1x Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana 3x Agriphila geniculea 1x Cnephasia sp. 2x Endotricha flammealis 1x Caloptilia alchimiella 2x Conobathra repandana 3x Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella 1x Zeiraphera isertana 1x Bactra sp. 3x Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1x Ypsolopha parenthesella 1x Epinotia ramella 1x Coleophora sp. 3x Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella 2x Agriphila straminella 3x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1x Pyrausta aurata 4x Water Veneer Acentria ephemerella 2x Argyesthia goedartella. Date: 18 August 2012, 10:46. Source: [2131] Square-spotted Clay (Xestia rhomboidea). Author: Ben Sale from UK.