The 15th Report of the Huntingdonshire Moth and Butterfly Group, 2004

Contents

Chairman’s Report – Nick Greatorex-Davies

1

County Report for 2004 – Barry Dickerson

4

The Trip to Little Scrubs Meadow and Twyford Wood – 6 June 2004 – Barry Dickerson

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Moth Trapping on Wood Walton Fen 2004 – Barry Dickerson

12

Storing Micro Moths for Dissection – Barry Dickerson

28

Some recent work on nationally scarce moths in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and the Soke of Peterborough (1987-2003) – Paul Waring

29

Changes in the Lepidoptera Fauna of Monks Wood NNR particularly as indicated by the Rothamsted Light-trap catches – Nick Greatorex-Davies and Ian Woiwod

40

Cyprus: A Brief Overview of its Butterflies and an Introduction to the Butterfly Recording Scheme for Cyprus – Eddie John

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Red-tipped Clearwing S. formicaeformis (Esp.) (Lep.: Sesiidae) rediscovered at Borough Fen Decoy, Northamptonshire, 28 June 2004, with nearby records from Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire – Paul Waring

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Ist S.E.L. Field Congress, Study Area Sesvenna, South Tyrol, Italy, 6-11 July 2004 – Paul Waring (PW) & Rachel Thomas

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Miscellanea – Eddie John

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Weather Report 2004 – Teresa Heath

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Officers of the Group

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