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.


Monday 17 August 2009

Species List for 16/8/2009

Another Ni Moth and Bordered Straw; Oak Hook-tip new for the year.


Not at all sure what this carpet is, about the size of a garden carpet, larger that Red Twin-spot, caught last night.

A Wainscot, not much different in size to the Common Wainscots I caught, but broader, the hind wing is white. Andy Banthorpe suggests Southern Wainscott, which looks good.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 3
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
1
462 Ypsolopha sequella
1
1305 Agriphila tristella
25
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
1
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 10
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 22
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 10
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 51
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 79
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 275
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 10
2197 Mythimna straminea Southern Wainscot 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 5
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 9
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 20
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 9
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 21
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2432 Trichoplusia ni Ni Moth 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

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