Invertebrates
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Abax parallelepipedus
Spectacle - Abrostola tripartita
Acalitus brevitarsus
Acalitus rudis
Acanthinula aculeata
Acanthocyclops robustus
Hawthron Shield Bug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Yellow-barred Brindle - Acasis viretata
Water Veneer - Acentria ephemerella
Food plants include Canadian Pondweed. stoneworts, filamentous algae and possibly other water plants.
Aceria macrorhyncha
Aceria nalpai
Found on Alder near the top of the far moor path
Aceria pseudoplatani
Yellow Horned - Achlya flavicornis
Flight season late February to mid April. Over-winters as a pupa in a thin cocoon in leaf litter. Food plants Silver and Downy Birch.
Acidia cognata
Acleris emargana
Food plants include Goat Willow, occaisionally birches; in folded leaves or between two leaves
Acleris hastiana
Adult hibernates. Food plants include Sallows which we have at Foxglove, but no White Poplar or Bog-myrtle!
Acleris laterana
Easily disturbed by day, flies at dusk and comes to light.
Rhomboid Tortrix - Acleris rhombana
Garden Rose Tortrix - Acleris variegana
Alder Moth - Acronicta alni
Miller - Acronicta leporina
Poplar Grey - Acronicta megacephala
Dark/Grey Dagger - Acronicta psi/tridens
Althought the caterpillars can be identified the adult moths are much more difficult, hence Dark/Grey Dagger