Spring 2012 - Glasgow & SW Scotland Branch of Butterfly ...

This can be slightly misleading though, as other factors such as trap
type do have an effect. The members in G&SW have a greater diversity
of trap type than those in the rest of the country, with a much greater use
of actinic tubes, as shown in the figure below:
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Trap type by Region
GSW East Highland
Robinson 125W MV Skinner 125W MV Skinner 40W Actinic
Skinner 15W Actinic Heath 40W Actinic Heath 15W Actinic
Heath 6W Actinic Bucket 25W Actinic
The top 20 for the G&SW branch region is shown below, along with their
overall rank in Scotland as a whole. It is interesting to note that some
species are far more common in the region than they are in other parts
of Scotland, notably Willow Beauty and the Marbled Minor aggregate
species.
Average / Rank in
garden Scotland
Large Yellow Underwing 91.0 4
Dark Arches 79.6 1
Common Rustic aggregate 28.5 6
Hebrew Character 27.0 3
Common Quaker 25.0 5
Dotted Clay 23.1 12
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 21.1 8
Heart & Dart 14.1 25
Lesser Yellow Underwing 14.1 13
Marbled Minor aggregate 12.1 41
Clouded Drab 9.8 11
Six-striped Rustic 9.5 33
Double Square-spot 8.8 30
Agriphila tristella 8.5 19
Beautiful Golden Y 6.9 18
Chestnut 6.5 9
Silver Y 6.4 26
Common Marbled Carpet 6.3 29
Yellow-line Quaker 6.1 21
Willow Beauty 6.0 82
Antler Moth 6.0 14
33 On the Spot – April 2012