<p>A belated sweeping session yields 3 new moths for me
Back on the 21st of May I had a brief hour sweeping session along a wildflower field at the edge of Hexton Chalk Pit just about in Hertfordshire (As it border's bedfordshire strangely on both sides).
</p><p>I ended up with a few nice moths including 3 firsts for me, Marsh Pug, Common Heath and Pancalia leuwenhoekella, all three species quite scarce in Herts.
</p><p>If that wasn't enough I caught up with a little beauty that i've only ever seen once before, the tiny shiney Stephensia brunnichella.
</p><p>The weather was warm with highs of 22c but a little breezy which made netting tricky at times.
</p><p>Full list below of species seen but no counts given
</p><p>There is still a Stigmella sp, Parornix sp and 2x Dichrorampha sps to gen det.
</p><p>Macro Moths
</p><p>Common Heath [NEW!]
Marsh Pug [NEW!]
Blood-vein
Brindled Pug
Burnet Companion
Common Carpet
Common White Wave
Green Carpet
Grey Pug
Latticed Heath
Mother Shipton
Purple Bar
Sandy Carpet
Shaded Pug
Silver-ground Carpet
Small Purple-barred
Yellow Shell
</p><p>Micro Moths
</p><p>Pancalia leuwenhoekella [NEW!] 
Adela reamurella
Agonopterix purpurea
Anthophila fabriciana
Argyresthia pruniella
Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Cameraria ohridella
Celypha lacunana
Dichrorampha sp 2
Elachista apicipunctella
Epiblema costipunctana
Esperia sulphurella
Glyphipterix simplicella
Grapholita jungiella
Elachista argentella
Hedya pruniana
Isotrias rectifasciana
Micropterix aruncella
Micropterix calthella
Nemapogon swammerdamella
Nematopogon schwarziellus
Notocelia cynosbatella
Parornix sp
Plutella xylostella
Pyrausta aurata
Scoparia ambigualis
Spuleria flavicaput
Stephensia brunnichella
Stigmella sp
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Syndemis musculana
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/33398884@N03">Ben Sale</a> from Stevenage, UK
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