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NEWS, NOTES AND REQUESTS This section is open to short items (max. 700 words) of and Odonata news, behavioural notes, unusual records, requests for information and help, etc.

National Night 2007 Any photographs of events or The date for National Moth Night 2007 is set as caught on the night are welcomed for publica- Saturday 11 August. The target species are tion within the account or on the website. Please Chalk Carpet , Four-spot- email to [email protected] ted Footman Lithosia quadra, Jersey Tiger The following prizes will be on offer: Euplagia quadripunctaria and Cousin German • Most notable record of a resident species Protolampra sobrina. Following the recent trend (macrolepidoptera). This may be a species of ‘repeating’ NMN events, this event will hope- not recorded locally for some time, or a fully provide some broad comparisons with scarce species at a new site. The winner will NMN 2001, which was also held on 11 August. receive a professionally made collapsible During that event a total of 682 species was moth-trap, complete with electrics and recorded from 389 sites. Can this total be beaten waterproof control box, donated by Anglian in 2007? Lepidopterist Supplies. Choice of a 125w Results for NMN 2007 must be received by mercury vapour or a 15w actinic trap is 1 December 2007 and can be submitted by using available. If you do not need another moth- the online recording form on the website, as a trap the prize can be donated to your local spreadsheet (e.g. Microsoft Excel) or tab-delim- wildlife trust, local nature reserve, etc, on ited text file via an email attachment to your behalf. [email protected], or by post to • Most notable record of a resident species NMN, Butterfly Conservation, Manor Yard, (microlepidoptera). This may be a species East Lulworth, Dorset, BH20 5QP. It is also pos- not recorded locally for some time, or a sible to synchronise results using MapMate via scarce species at a new site. The winner will www.mapmate.co.uk. receive a copy of Pyraloidea of Europe Volume Please send the following information as 1, donated by the publisher and author your data submission: Frantisek Slamka. • Recorder’s name(s) and numbers of any • Rarest immigrant species recorded. The additional guests/members of the public. winner will receive a £50 book token, which • Site name and six-figure grid reference. can be used to purchase titles from Atropos • Local weather conditions. Books (valid for one year). • Brief habitat description. Please note that the following rules apply: • Number and type of traps used (and details • In order to qualify for prizes, the relevant of any other recording techniques). record must be accepted by the County • How long the traps were operated. Moth Recorder. • A full list of species identified and, where • In order to qualify for category 3, full details possible, numbers of each species. of the capture (and name of the captor) must However, even a simple species list is still be reported to the answermachine on 01326 valuable. Ideally species should be listed in 290287 the next day, or reported to the systematic or alphabetical order. It would Flight Arrivals page on the Atropos website also be useful if recorders drew attention to www.atropos.info. records of significant county interest, and if • Members of the Atropos editorial panel and possible to distinguish between numbers of BC staff are not eligible for prizes. male and female Four-spotted Footman. • All decisions made will be final. • Whether you were recording in an area with National Moth Night is an annual event any target species in mind. organised jointly by Atropos and Butterfly Conservation. For full details visit the website

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www.nationalmothnight.info, which will be ers can promote their public events via the web- regularly updated with the programme of pub- site, by uploading details using the online form. lic events and a downloadable poster for event Atropos and Butterfly Conservation organisers. Please email details of your event to [email protected]. Event organis-

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