Lists of Different
Species Recorded on
Fenn’s Whixall and Bettisfield
Mosses
National Nature Reserve
Species of birds found on site.
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Grey
Heron |
Swallow |
Whinchat |
Phalarope
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Species Of Butterflies and Dragonflies Found On Site.
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Butterflies:
Large heath |
Coenonympha tullia davus |
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Dragonflies:
Common hawker |
Aeshna juncea |
Southern hawker |
Aeshna cyanea |
Brown hawker |
Aeshna grandis |
Migrant hawker |
Aeshna mixta |
Four-spotted chaser |
Libellula quadrimaculata |
Broad bodied chaser |
Libellula depressa |
White faced darter |
Leucorrhinia dubia |
Black darter |
Sympetrum danae |
Common darter |
Sympetrum striolatum |
Yellow winged darter |
Sympetrum flaveolum |
Red veined darter |
Sympetrum fonscolombii |
Ruddy darter |
Sympetrum sanguineum |
Azure damselfly |
Coenagrion puella |
Common blue damselfly |
Enallagma cyathigerum |
Variable damselfly |
Coenagrion pulchellum |
Emerald damselfly |
Lestes sponsa |
Blue tailed damselfly |
Ischnura elegans |
Scarce blue-tailed damselfly |
Ischnura pumilio |
Large red damselfly |
Pyrrhosoma numphula |
Banded demoiselle |
Calyopteryx splendens |
Beautiful demoiselle |
Calyopteryx virgo |
Emperor dragonfly |
Anax imperator |
Golden ring dragonfly |
Cordulegaster boltonii |
Downy Emerald |
Cordulia aenea |
Red-eyed damselfly |
Erythromma najas |
Black tailed skimmer |
Orthetrum cancellatum |
White legged damselfly |
Platycnemis pennipes |
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July 2001 |
Species of Fungi found on the site
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Latin Name |
Common Name |
Habitat
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Amanita fulva |
The Tawny Grisette |
Under
broadleaved trees |
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Amanita muscaria |
Fly Agaric |
Under Pine/Birch - Poisonous |
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Amanita rubescens |
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Under trees. Edible |
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Ascocoryne sarcoides |
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Found on dead wood |
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Bjerkanderaceae adusta |
Beer can |
Common on Beech and other trees |
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Clitocybe clavipes |
Clubfoot |
Under broadleaved trees - Edible but poor |
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Clitocybe spp. |
Funnel Cap |
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Collybia dryophila |
Russet Shank |
In woods, especially in bracken and on heaths. Edible |
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Collybia buteracea |
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Common under trees |
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Collybia maculata* |
Spotted tuftshank |
Under trees especially Birch, on open heaths and moors |
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Coprinus cinereus |
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Common on dung |
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Coprinus micaceus |
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Stumps, logs and dead roots |
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Cortinarius hemitrichus |
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Under Birch |
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Crepidotus variabilis |
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Dead twigs and stems and on dung |
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Cystoderma amianthinum |
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Under conifers, on lawns, heaths & moors |
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Daedaleopsis confragosa |
The Blushing Bracket |
On dead/living wood of Alder, Birch and Willow |
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Daldinia concentrica* |
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On branches of broadleaved trees, especially Ash; often after fires. Common |
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Enteridium lycoperdon |
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On dead fallen branches of pine trees |
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Galerina spp. |
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Gymnopilus penetrans |
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Mainly on fallen conifer branches |
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Hebeloma spp. |
Poison Pie |
Damp woodland |
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Hygrocybe miniata* |
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Pastures, moors and grassy woods, common especially in the north |
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Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca |
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Common on woody debris |
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Hypholoma fasciculare |
Sulphur Tufts |
On stumps, dead branches and roots. Inedible and suspect |
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Hypholoma redum* |
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Inocybe spp |
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Laccaria laccata |
The Deceiver |
Common |
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Lactarius Lelvus |
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Under Pine, Birch and especially under peat. Edible |
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Lactarius quietus |
Oak Milkcap |
Only under Oak - Too unpleasant to eat |
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Lactarius rufus* |
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Very common throughout Britain under conifers, occasionally under Birch |
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Lactarius tabidus |
Milkcap |
Under broadleaved trees in damp places |
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Lactarius turpis. |
Ugly Milkcap |
Birch |
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Lactarus mitissimus |
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Birch |
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Lycoperdon perlatum |
Common puffball |
On the ground. |
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Leccinum scabra |
Birch |
Under trees |
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Leccinum variicolor |
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Under Birch. Edible |
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Lycogalla terrestre |
Slime mould |
On dead wood |
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Lycoperdon excipuliformis |
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In woods with pine or spruce |
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Lycoperdon foetidum |
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On moors and heaths |
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Marasmius |
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On woody debris |
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Macrolepiota rharcodes |
Shaggy Parasol |
Under conifers - Edible |
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Microsphaera alphitvides |
Oak mildew |
On oak |
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Mycena epipterygia |
Fairy Bonnet |
Amongst moss, under conifers and bracken on moors |
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Mycena alcalina |
Bleach |
On stumps and fallen branches |
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Mycena galericulata |
Fairy bonnets |
Stumps of trees in winter |
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Mycaena galopus |
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In woods |
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Mycena leucogana |
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Myrtillus |
Bog rosemary |
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Naucoria sphagneti* |
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Omphalina |
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Among moss |
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Panellous |
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On dead wood |
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Paxillus involutus |
Brown rollrim |
Under broadleaved trees, especially birch/oak. Poisonous if eaten raw or inadequately cooked |
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Paxillus maculata |
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Pluteus salicinus |
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On dead wood of broadleaf trees |
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Phellinus ferrius |
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Phellinus igniarius |
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Piptoporus betulinus |
Birch Rocket |
On Birch, parasitic |
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Pluteus petasatus* |
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Rotten wood and sawdust heaps |
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Psathyrella hirta |
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On dung of cattle/horses |
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Psathyrella gracilis |
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Under trees in clearings |
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Puccinia coronata |
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On leaves of broadleaved trees |
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Rhodophyllus juncinus* |
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Reticularia |
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High on bark of living trees |
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Russula emetica |
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In sphagnum or under conifers |
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Russula spp |
Red stem |
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Russula betularum |
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Under Birch |
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Russula claroflava |
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Under Birch, Alder and Aspen, often in Sphagnum also |
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Russula ochroleuca |
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Under broadleaved trees and conifers. Tastes acrid |
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Russula vesca |
Bare-Toothed Russula |
Under broadleaved trees on neutral to acidic soils. Edible and good |
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Scleroderma citrinum |
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Under oak and on mossy heaths |
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Scleroderma verucosum |
Earth Balls |
Under broadleaved trees |
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Tephrocybe palustris |
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In Sphagnum bogs between May and September. Smells of cucumber |
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Thelephora terrestras |
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Trametes versicolor |
Common stumpflap |
Common |
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Tricolomopsis rutlilans |
Plums & Custard |
On stumps of conifers and fence posts |
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Tricholoma fulvum |
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Under Birch. Tastes bitter |
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Xylaria hypoxylon |
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On Beech stumps |
Species of lower plants found on the Moss
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BRYOPHYTES
Amblystegium riparium |
LICHENS
Cladonia arbuscula |
This table is based on lists from the 1998 NNR management plan and a Shropshire Fungus Group Fungal foray of 30.9.2001. Records are from England except those marked with a star which could be from Wales
November 2001
Species of Moths Found On Site
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Common Name |
Latin Name |
Common Name |
Latin Name |
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Alder Kitten |
Furcula Bicuspis |
Dot moth |
Melanchra persicariae |
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Angle Shades |
Phlogophora Meticulos |
Dotted clay |
Xestia baja |
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Angle Striped Sallow |
Enargia Paleacea |
Bright-Line Brown-Eye |
Lacanobia Oleracea |
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Antler Moth |
Cerpteryx Graminis |
Brimstone Moth |
Opisthograptis Luteolata |
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Argent and Sable |
Rheumaptera Hastata |
Brindled Beauty |
Lycia Hirtaria |
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August Thorn |
Ennomos Quercinaria |
Brindled Green |
Dryobotodes Eremita |
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Autumnal Moth |
Epirrita Autumnata |
Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth |
Hemaris Fuciformis |
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Autumnal Rustic |
Paradiarsia Glareosa |
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing |
Noctua Fimbriata |
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Barred Chestnut |
Diarsia Dahlii |
Broken-barred Carpet |
Electrophaes Corylata |
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Barred Rivulet |
Perizoma Bifaciata |
Broom Moth |
Ceramica Pisi |
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Barred Sallow |
Xanthia Aurago |
Broom-Tip |
Chesias Rufata |
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Barred Straw |
Eulithis Pyraliata |
Brown Rustic |
Rusina Ferruginea |
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Barred Yellow |
Cidaria Fulvata |
Brown Silver-Lines |
Rusina Ferruginea |
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Beautiful Brocade |
Lacanobia Contigua |
Brown-Spot Pinion |
Agrochola Litura |
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Beautiful Carpet |
Mesoleuca Albicillata |
Brown-Veined Wainscot |
Archanara Dissoluta |
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Beautiful Golden Y |
Autographa Pulchrina |
Buff Arches |
Habrosyne Pyritoides |
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Beautiful Yellow Underwing |
Anarta Myrtilli |
Buff Ermine |
Spilosoma Luteum |
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Birch Mocha |
Cyclophora Albipunctata |
Buff Tip |
Phalera Bucephala |
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Bird Cherry Ermine |
Yponomeuta Evonymella |
Burnet Companion |
Euclidia Glypica |
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Bird’s Wing |
Dypterygia Scabriuscula |
Burnished Brass |
Diachrysia Chrysitis |
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Blood-Vein |
Timandra Griseata |
Cabbage Moth |
Mamestra Brassicae |
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Blotched Emerald |
Comibaena Bajularia |
Cinnabar |
Tyria jacobaeae |
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Blue-Bordered Carpet |
Plemyria Rubiginata |
Chinese character |
Cilix glaucata |
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Bordered Beauty |
Epione Repandaria |
Clouded border |
Lomaspilis marginata |
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Bordered Grey |
Selidosema Brunnearia |
Clouded buff |
Diacrisia sannio |
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Bordered White |
Bupalus Piniaria |
Clouded drab |
Orthosia incerta |
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Canary-shouldered thorn |
Ennomos alniaria |
Clouded silver |
Lomographa temerata |
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Centre-barred sallow |
Atethmia centrago |
Couded-bordered brindle |
Apamea crenata |
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Common carpet |
Epirrhoe alternata |
Double dart |
Graphiphora augur |
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Common emerald |
Hemithea aestivaria |
Dingy mocha |
Cyclophora pendularia |
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Common footman |
Eilema lurideola |
Double square-spot |
Xestia triangulum |
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Common heath |
Ematurga atomaria |
Double-striped pug |
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata |
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Common lutestring |
Ochropacha duplaris |
Dark marbled carpet |
Chloroclysta citrata |
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Common marbled carpet |
Chloroclysta truncata |
Dusky brocade |
Apamea remissa |
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Common pug |
Eupithecia vulgata |
Dusky lemon sallow |
Xanthia gilvago |
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Common quaker |
Orthosia stabilis |
Dwarf pug |
Eupithecia tantillaria |
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Common rustic |
Mesapamea secalis |
Ear moth |
Amphipoea oculea |
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Common swift |
Hepialus lupulinus |
Early grey |
Xylocampia areola |
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Common wainscot |
Mythimna pallens |
Early thorn |
Selenia dentaria |
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Common wave |
Cabera exanthemata |
Early tooth-striped |
Trichopteryx carpinata |
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Common white wave |
Cabera pusaria |
Elephant Hawkmoth |
Deilephila elpenor |
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Copper underwing |
Amphipyra pyramidea |
Emporer moth |
Saturnia pavonia |
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Coxcomb prominent |
Ptilodon capucina |
Eyed hawkmoth |
Smerinthus ocellata |
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Cream wave |
Scopula floslactata |
Feathered gothic |
Tholera decimalis |
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Currant clearwing |
Synanthedon tipuliformis |
Feathered thorn |
Colotois pennaria |
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Dark sword-grass |
Agrotis ipsilon |
Figure of eight |
Diloba caeruleocephala |
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Dark brocade |
Blepharita adusta |
Figure of eighty |
Tethea ocularis |
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December moth |
Poecilocampa populi |
Flame carpet |
Xanthorhoe designata |
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Dingy footman |
Eilema griseola |
Flame shoulder |
Ochropleura plecta |
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Dingy shears |
Enargia ypsillon |
Flounced chestnut |
Agrochola helvola |
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Dark-barred twin-spot carpet |
Xanthorhoe ferrugata |
Flounced rustic |
Luperina testacea |
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Dingy shell |
Euchoeca nebulata |
Four-dotted footman |
Cybosia mesomella |
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Dark umber |
Philereme transversata |
Fox moth |
Macrothylacia rubi |
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Dark arches |
Apamea monoglypha |
Foxglove pug |
Epithecia pulchellat |
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Dog’s tooth |
Lacanobia suasa |
Galium carpet |
Epirrhoe Galiata |
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Common Name |
Latin Name |
Common Name |
Latin Name |
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Garden carpet |
Xanthornhoe fluctuata |
Mottle umber |
Erannis defoliaria |
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Heart and club |
Agrotis clavis |
Mouse moth |
Amphipyra tragopoginis |
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Heart and dart |
Agrotis exclamationis |
Muslin footman |
Diaphora mendica |
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Heath rustic |
Xestia agathina |
Narrow-bordered bee hawk moth |
Hemaris tityus |
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Hebrew character |
Orthosia gothica |
Narrow-winged pug |
Eupithecia nanata |
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Gold swift |
Hepialus hecta |
Narrow-bordered five spot burnet |
Zygaena lonicerae |
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Gold triangle |
Hypsopygia costalis |
Neglected rustic |
Xestia castanea |
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Golden plusia |
Polychrysia moneta |
Northern footman |
Eilema sericea |
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Golden-rod pug |
Eupithecia virgaureata |
Northern eggar |
Lasiocampa quercus callunae |
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Grass wave |
Perconia stricillaria |
Northern spinach |
Eulithis populata |
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Green carpet |
Colostygia pectinataria |
Northern winter moth |
Operophtera fagata |
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Grey arches |
Polia nebulosa |
Oak eggar |
Lasiocampa quercus |
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Grey birch |
Aethalura punctulata |
Oak hook-tip |
Drepana binaria |
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Grey chi |
Antitype chi |
Old lady |
Mormo maura |
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Grey dagger |
Acronicta psi |
Orange swift |
Hepialus sylvina |
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Grey pine carpet |
Thera obeliscata |
Orange underwing |
Archiearis parthenias |
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Grey pug |
Eupithecia subfuscata |
Pale brindled beauty |
Apocheima pilosaria |
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Grey scalloped bar |
Dyscia fagaria |
Pale eggar |
Trichiura crataegi |
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Garden tiger |
Arctia caja |
Pale mottled willow |
Caradrina clavipalpis |
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Ghost moth |
Hepialus humuli |
Pale prominent |
Pterostoma palpina |
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Gold spot |
Plusia festucae |
Pale tussock |
Calliteara pudibunda |
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Haworth’s minor |
Celaena haworthii |
Pale-shouldered brocade |
Lacanobia thalassina |
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Ingrailed clay |
Diarsia mendica |
Peach blossom |
Thyatira batis |
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Iron prominent |
Notodonta dromedarius |
Pebble hook-tip |
Drepana falcataria |
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July belle |
Scotopteryx luridata |
Pebble prominent |
Eligmodonta ziczac |
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July highflyer |
Hydriomena furcata |
Peppered moth |
Biston betularia |
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Knot grass |
Acronicta rumicis |
Pine beauty |
Panolis flammea |
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Large Ear |
Amphipoea lucens |
Pine carpet |
Thera firmata |
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Large Emerald |
Geometra phapilionaria |
Pinion-streaked snout |
Schrankia costaestigalis |
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Large red-belted clearwing |
Synanthedon culiciformis |
Pink-barred sallow |
Xanthia togata |
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Large wainscot |
Rhizedra lutosa |
Plain wave |
Idaea straminata |
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Large yellow underwing |
Notua pronuba |
Poplar grey |
Acronicta megacephala |
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Latticed heath |
Semiothisa clathrata |
Poplar hawkmoth |
Laothoe populi |
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Least yellow underwing |
Noctua interjecta |
Poplar kitten |
Furcula bifida |
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Lempke’s gold spot |
Plusia putnami |
Powdered quaker |
Orthosia gracilis |
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Lesser broad-bordered Y underwing |
Noctua janthina |
Purple-bordered gold |
Idaea muricata |
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Lesser Common rustic |
Mesapamea secalella |
Purple bar |
Cosmorhoe ocellata |
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Lesser cream wave |
Scopula immutata |
Purple clay |
Diarsia brunnea |
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Lesser swallow prominent |
Pheosia gnoma |
Purple thorn |
Selenia tetralunaria |
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Lesser yellow underwing |
Noctua comes |
Red twin-spot carpet |
Xanthorhoe spadicearia |
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Light arches |
Apamea lithoxylea |
Riband wave |
Idaea aversata |
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Light emerald |
Campaea margaritata |
Rosy rustic |
Hydraecia micacea |
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Light knot grass |
Acronicta menyathidis |
Rosy wave |
Scopula emutaria |
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Lilac beauty |
Apeira syringaria |
Round-winged muslin |
Thumatha senex |
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Ling pug |
Eupithecia goossensiata |
Ruby tiger |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa |
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Little emerald |
Jodis lactearia |
Ruddy highflyer |
Hydriomena ruberata |
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Lunar hornet moth |
Sesia bembeciformis |
Sallow kitten |
Furcula furcula |
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Lunar marbled brown |
Drymonia ruficornis |
Sandy carpet |
Perizoma flavofasciata |
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Maiden’s blush |
Cyclophora punctaria |
Satyr pug |
Eupithecia satyrata |
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Manchester treble-bar |
Carsia sororiata |
Scalloped hazel |
Odontopera bidentata |
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Map-winged swift |
Hepialus fusconebulosa |
Scalloped hook-tip |
Falcaria lacertinaria |
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Marbled minor |
Oligia strigilis |
Scalloped oak |
Crocallis elinguaria |
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Marsh oblique-barred |
Hypenodes turfosalis |
Scalloped shell |
Rheumaptera undulata |
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May highflyer |
Hydriomena impluviata |
Scarce footman |
Eilema complana |
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Middle-barred minor |
Oligia fasciuncula |
Scarce umber |
Agriopis aurantiaria |
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Minor-shoulder knot |
Brachylomia viminalis |
Scorched wing |
Plagodis dolabraria |
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Mother of pearl |
Pleroptya ruralis |
September thorn |
Ennomos erosaria |
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Mother Shipton |
Callistege mi |
Shaded broad-bar |
Scotopteryx chenopodiata |
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Mottled beauty |
Alcis repandata |
Setaceous hebrew character |
Xestia c-nigrum |
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Mottled rustic |
Caradrina morpheus |
Short-cloaked moth |
Nola culcullatella |
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Common Name |
Latin Name |
Common Name |
Latin Name |
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Shoulder-striped wainscot |
Mythimna comma |
The Magpie |
Abraxas grossulariata |
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Shuttle-shaped dart |
Agrotis puta |
The miller |
Acronicta leporina |
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Silver Y |
Autographa gamma |
The mocha |
Cylcophora annulata |
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Silver-ground carpet |
Xanthorhoe montanata |
The nutmeg |
Discestra trifolii |
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Silvery arches |
Idaea hepatica |
The olive |
Ipimorpha subtusa |
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Single-dotted wave |
Idaea dimidiata |
The rivulet |
Perizoma affinitata |
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Six-spot burnet |
Zygaena filipendulae |
The rustic |
Hoplodrina blanda |
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Six-striped rustic |
Xestia sexstrigata |
The brick |
Agrochola circellaris |
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Slender brindle |
Apamea scolopacina |
The chevron |
Eulithis testata |
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Puss moth |
Cerura vinula |
The clay |
Mythimna ferrago |
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Red carpet |
Xanthorhoe munitata |
The crescent |
Celaena leucostigma |
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Slender pug |
Eupithecia tenuiata |
The drinker |
Philudoria potatoria |
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Small angle shades |
Euplexia lucipara |
The dun-bar |
Cosmia trapezina |
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Small argent and sable |
Epirrhoe tristata |
The fan-foot |
Herminea tarsipennalis |
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Small bloodvein |
Scopula imitaria |
The flame |
Axylia putris |
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Small clouded brindle |
Apamea unanimis |
The forester |
Adscita statices |
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Small dotted buff |
Photedes minima |
The gothic |
Naenia typica |
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Small eggar |
Eriogaster lanestris |
The sallow |
Xanthia icteritia |
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Small elephant hawkmoth |
Deilephila pocellus |
The shark |
Cucullia umbratica |
|
Small emerald |
Hemistola chrysoprasaria |
The snout |
Hypena proboscidalis |
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Small engrailed |
Ectropis crepuscularia |
The spectacle |
Abrostola triplasia |
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Small fan-footed wave |
Idaea biselata |
The streamer |
Anticlea derivata |
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Small phoenix |
Ecliptopera silaceata |
The suspected |
Parastichtis suspecta |
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Small purple-barred |
Phytometra viridaria |
The uncertain |
Hoplodrina alsines |
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Small quaker |
Orthosia cruda |
The vapourer |
Orgyia antiqua |
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Small rivulet |
Perizoma alchemillata |
Treble brown spot |
Idaea trigeminata |
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Small rufous |
Coenobia rufa |
Triple-spotted clay |
Xestia ditrapezium |
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Small scallop |
Idaea emarginata |
True-lover’s knot |
Lycophotia porphyria |
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Small seraphim |
Pterapherapteryx sexalata |
Twin-spot carpet |
Perizoma didymata |
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Small square-spot |
Diarsia rubi |
Twin-spotted quaker |
Orthosia munda |
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Small wainscot |
Photedes pygmina |
Vine’s rustic |
Hoplodrina ambigua |
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Small yellow wave |
Hydrelia flammeolaria |
V-Pug |
Chloroclystis v-ata |
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Small yellow underwing |
Panemeria tenebrata |
Waved black |
Parascotia fuliginaria |
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Smokey wainscot |
Mythimna impura |
White ermine |
Spilosoma lubricipeda |
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Smoky wave |
Scopula ternata |
White satin |
Leucoma salicis |
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Square-spot rustic |
Xestia xanthographa |
White-line dart |
Euxoa tritici |
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Straw dot |
Rivula sericealis |
White-line snout |
Schrankia taenialis |
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Sub-angled wave |
Scopula nigropunctata |
Willow beauty |
Peribatodes rhomboidaria |
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Svensson’s copper underwing |
Amphipyra berbera |
Wood tiger |
Parasemia plantaginis |
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Swallow prominent |
Pheosia tremula |
Yellow shell |
Camptogramma bilineata |
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Swallow-tailed moth |
Ourapteryx sambucaria |
Yellow-horned |
Achlya flavicornis |
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Tawny pinion |
Lithophane semibrunnea |
Yellow-tail |
Euproctis similis |
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Tawny-barred angle |
Semiothisa liturata |
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Tawny-marble minor |
Oligia latruncula |
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True-lover’s knot |
Lycophotia porphyria |
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The herald |
Scoliopteryx libatrix |
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PTERIDOPHYTA
Athyrium felix-femina |
VIOLACEAE Viola
palustris |
Rubus
idaeus LEGUMINOSAE |
Species of higher plants found on site (Continued)
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EMPETRACEAE
OLEACEAE |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Agrostis vinealis
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