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, 13 July 2009

Species List for12/7/2009

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
2 moths, 2 Species of Micro

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 6
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 33
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 30
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 7
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6

158 moths, 37 Species of Macro

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