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, 26 June 2011

Species List for 25/6/2011

The attractive plume moth Amblyptilia acanthadactyla was new for the year. New macros were Ruddy Carpet, only the fifth I've caught here, and Marbled White Spot, annual since 2004, but never more than four in a year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana
1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
2
1063 Celypha striana
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 14
1302 Crambus perlella
3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
1
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1735 Catarhoe rubidata Ruddy Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 12
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 9
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

92 Moths of 33 Species, (25 Macro, 8 Micro)
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