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.


Sunday 4 July 2010

Species List for 2/7/2010

Five species of Hawk-moth and the beautiful Scorched Wing. I deliberately didn't count micros, and only looked for any I didn't know. i've now included the Mere Wainscot -see post on 5/7/2010

Scorched Wing

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 10
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 5
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 8
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 8
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 11
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 50
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 55
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 21
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 7
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 5
2349 Chortodes fluxa Mere Wainscot 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 13
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

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