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		Butterflies and Moths.      Total confirmed species: Butterflies 25; Moths 34 Butterflies   Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 13/05/2000 TDC 13/5/00 (1) Comma Polygonia c-album 30/07/2005 TDC 5/7/04 (2), 12/7/05 (2) Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 05/08/2006 TDC 4/9/99 (6), 6/6/04 (6), 30/7/05 (5), 5/8/06 (21) Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineolus 05/08/2006 TDC 27/7/04 (1), 5/8/06 (2) Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 18/07/2006 TDC 14/7/02 (20), 6/8/04 (1), 30/7/05 (30), 18/7/06 (10) Green-veined White Pieris napi 26/06/2005 TDC 4/9/99 (5), 27/7/04 (5), 20/7/03 (1), 26/6/05 (2) Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 29/07/2006 TDC 6/8/04 (5) East gate, 6/8/04 (1), 30/7/05 (1), 29/7/06 (1) Large Skipper Ochlodes venata 17/06/2006 TDC 23/6/02 (30),27/7/04 (1),26/6/05 (7), 17/6/06 (7) Large White Pieris brassicae 29/07/2006 TDC 31/5/02 (3), 27/7/04 (5), 30/7/05 (5), 29/7/06 (1) Marbled White Melanargia galatea 18/07/2006 TDC 5/7/04 (16), 3/7/04 (~100), 12/7/05 (19), 18/7/06 (3) Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 05/08/2006 TDC 26/7/00 (10+), 6/8/04 (10+), 12/7/05 (21), 5/8/06 (6) Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines 12/05/2006 TDC 13/5/00 (14), 8/5/05 (10), 12/5/06 (4) Painted Lady Cynthia cardui 29/07/2006 TDC 23/6/02 (1), 12/7/05 (1), 29/7/06 (22) Peacock Inachis io 12/05/2006 TDC 7/4/00 (6), 3/5/03 (1), 27/07/04 (1), 2/5/05 (3), 12/5/06 (2) Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 05/08/2006 TDC 14/6/04 (1), 14/6/04 (1), 5/8/06 (2) Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 29/07/2006 TDC 3/7/04 (4), 26/6/05 (5), 29/7/06 (3) Small Copper Lycaena Phlaeas 12/07/2005 TDC 13/5/00 (1), 12/7/05 (1), Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 10/06/2006 TDC 12/6/04 (19), 23/6/05 (5), 10/6/06 (9) Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 29/07/2006 TDC  14/7/02 (10), 5/7/04 (20), 12/7/05 (21), 29/7/06 (7) Small Tortoishell Aglais urticae 12/07/2005 TDC 8/5/00 (2),14/7/02 (1), 12/7/05 (2) Small White Pieris rapae 05/08/2006 TDC  8/5/00 (1), 27/7/04 (10), 12/7/05 (4), 5/8/06 (5) Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 12/06/2004 TDC 12/6/04 (2) White-letter Hairstreak Strymondia w-album 25/07/2006 TDC 12/7/05 (2) nectaring on WildCarrot/Lady'sBedstraw, 25/7/06 (1) Brown Argus Aricia agestis 10/09/2006 TDC 24/8/00 (3) JE HertsOutdoors, 10/9/06 (2) Clouded Yellow Colias croceus 05/08/2006 TDC 24/8/00 (4) JE HertsOutdoors but unlikely, 5/8/06 (1)     The only other butterfly species recorded in the same mapping tetrad and listed in 'Butterflies of Hertfordshire' Brian Sawford (1987) and Herts and Middx Butterfly and Moth Reports (1996-2003) are :-    Purple Hairstreak - record1970-1986 - should be seen around mature oak trees on reserve    Wall - record 1970-1986 - now unlikely to be present due to un-explained crash in population    Wood White - record from Nomansland Common 1938 - no longer in Herts    Camberwell Beauty - migrant record from Wheathampstead 1946        Macro-Moths  Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata 12/05/2006 TDC 12/5/05 (1), 12/5/06 (3) Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata 25/05/2005 TDC Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria 25/05/2005 TDC Angleshades Phlogophora meticulosa 16/05/2002 TDC Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica 10/06/2006 TDC 6/6/04 (10), 26/5/03, 23/6/05 (20), 10/6/06 (5) Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae 31/05/2006 TDC 26/7/05 (10 caterpillars), 26/6/05 (9), 6/6/04 (10) 26/5/03, 25/6/00 (4), 31/5/06 (3) Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata 08/05/2005 TDC also 6/8/04 and 24/8/02 Lattice Heath Chiasmia clathrata 26/07/2000 TDC Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Zygena lonicerae 18/06/2006 TDC 30/6/04 (~50), 27/6/04 (37). Feeds on Lotus and Meadow Vetchling. Flies midJune-July Six-spot Burnet Zygena filipendulae 17/06/2006 TDC 26/6/05 (~120), 12/7/05 (20), 6/6/04 (6). Feeds on Bird'sFootTrefoil. Flies end June-July Shaded broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata 30/07/2005 TDC 30/7/05 (9), max27/7/04 (35) Silver-Y Autographa gamma 18/06/2006 TDC 26/5/03, 30/7/05, 10/6/06 (2), 18/6/06 (3) Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata 10/06/2006 TDC 26/6/05 (2), 6/6/04 (4), 11/6/02, 10/6/06 Mother Shipton Callistege mi 17/06/2006 TDC 12/06/2004 (1 NE corner), 17/6/06 (1) Clouded Silver Lomographa temerata 12/06/2004 TDC Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata 12/05/2006 TDC Micro-Moths   Micro-moth Commophilia_aeneana 18/06/2005 TDC yellow/blue tortrix, feeds on hoary ragwort, 12/6/05, 18/6/06 Longhorn moth Adela reaumurella 30/04/2005 TDC Longhorn Moth Nemophora degeerella 18/07/2006 TDC 10/06/2006 Teasel Cochylid  06/05/2000 TDC Teasel Tortrix  06/05/2000 TDC Grass moth Chrysoteuchia culmella 20/07/2005 TDC also 30/6/04 Micro-moth Scoparia ambigualis 12/06/2005 TDC Pylorid Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana 12/07/2005 TDC Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis 30/07/2005 TDC Micro-moth Large Brown Plume moth Platyptilia gonodactyla 30/07/2005 TDC large light brown, dark patches Micro-moth Sitochroa palealis 16/08/2005 TDC pylorid Micro-moth Dichrorampha petiverella 08/05/2004 TDC ox-eye daisy micro-moth Micro-moth Crambus pascuella 23/06/2005 TDC grass moth, white line Micro-moth Agapeta hamana 30/07/2005 TDC yellow grass moth, also 18/7/03, 5/7/04, 30/7/05 White Plume Moth Pterophorus pentadactyla 18/06/2006 TDC 23/06/05, 18/6/06 (2) Brown Plume moth Stenoptilia pterodactyla 26/07/2005 TDC medium, light brown, found on Open Day Micro-moth Udea olivalis 18/07/2004 TDC Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella 12/05/2006 TDC 12/5/06 (4)