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Caterpillar counts from grass margins and hedgerows under streetlights, Oxfordshire, UK, 2018-2020

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Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

This dataset contains information about moth caterpillar abundance at sites lit by streetlights (LED; high pressure sodium and low-pressure sodium) and unlit control sites. Caterpillars were sampled at 26 matched pairs of lit and unlit sites between 2018 and 2020 as part of a study of the effects of street lighting on the early life stages of moths. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4d3f4c8a-5605-4990-8ca1-42f8ddf63698

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
4d3f4c8a-5605-4990-8ca1-42f8ddf63698
Extent (Latitude)
52.273° to 51.27°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.265° to -0.337°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-07-07
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S., Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Caterpillar counts from grass margins and hedgerows under streetlights, Oxfordshire, UK, 2018-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4d3f4c8a-5605-4990-8ca1-42f8ddf63698
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University (author); Butterfly Conservation (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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