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.


Friday, 14 August 2009

Species List for 13/8/2009

Once again a lot of the commoner moths, plus a Ni Moth and a Bordered Straw. The Ni Moth was the second here, the first was on Sept 28th 2006. The Six-striped Rustic was the third at this site, the others being Aug 14th 2004 and Aug 19th 2006. A total of 668 Macros, but only 53 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
1039 Acleris comariana Strawberry Tortrix 1
1305 Agriphila tristella
22
1316 Catoptria falsella
1
1344 Eudonia mercurella
2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 3
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis
1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 8
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine
1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 7
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 23
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 35
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 39
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 171
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 236
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 11
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 6
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 8
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 10
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 29
2343a Mesapamea didyma Lesser Common Rustic 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 4
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 16
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2432 Trichoplusia ni Ni Moth 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

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