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.


Saturday, 31 July 2010

Species List for 30/7/2010

Heavy rain woke me at 4 a.m. One of my Black-lights wasn't working, despite being covered, and I feared the worse, but it is working OK tonight. Nevertheless the catch last night was poor, but with three new seasonal (autumn) moths, Copper Underwing, Rosy Rustic and Straw Underwing.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 5
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 16
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2098 Axylia putris Flame 7
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 7
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger 3
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 9
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 14
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 6
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 34
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