Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Thursday 13 August 2009

Species List for 12/8/2009


This is the second day running I've caught one of these. Yesterday I lost it without getting a photo, today I got this one and then lost it trying for a side view. I thought it was an ethmia species at first, but now I'm not so sure. This was identified as Ypsolopha sequella by Tony Prichard and Bob Littlesnails.

A busy morning with 683 Macros, but relatively poor variety, with only 58 species of macros. Two rather nice Tree Lichen Beauties. One micro for identification.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
462 Ypsolopha sequella
1
937 Agapeta hamana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 11
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
1
1305 Agriphila tristella
22
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
3
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella
1
1439 Trachycera advenella
6
1454b Dioryctria sylvestrella
1
1470 Euzophera pinguis
1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 5
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 15
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 41
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 29
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 49
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 131
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 191
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 8
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 5
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 6
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 11
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 8
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 58
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 6
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 20
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 13
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 7

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