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 16 June 2011

Species List for 15/6/2011

Male Gem (Orthonama obstipata)

I took the rather bland photo, above, in the evening and the moth promptly flew and remained hidden in my mothing conservatory.

Male Gem (Orthonama obstipata)

As I had hoped it was waiting for me, resting on the window this morning. Looking at the Atropos site, there were a few Gems on the 15th.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana
2
1201 Eucosma cana
1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1474 Ephestia parasitella
1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1 NFY
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 2
1720 Orthonama obstipata Gem 1 NFY
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 25
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 36
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 4
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

126 Moths of 37 Species, (27 Macro, 10 Micro)
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