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.


Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Species List for 26/7/2011

Bedstraw Hawk-moth (Hyles gallii)



After a fairly mundane collection in my MV trap I was excited to find a Bedstraw Hawk-moth in my Actinic trap. It is new for the site and the first I have seen. Pempelia obductella was also new for the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella
2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
2
937 Agapeta hamana
1
1063 Celypha striana
1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 10
1302 Crambus perlella
2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1438 Trachycera suavella
2
1439 Trachycera advenella
3
1444 Pempelia obductella
1 NFY
1452 Phycita roborella
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 3
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 10
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1987 Hyles gallii Bedstraw Hawk-moth 1 NFS
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 3
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 28
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 28
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 9
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 3
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 15
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 8
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 19
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 11
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

217 Moths of 57 Species, (39 Macro species, 179 moths;18 Micro species, 38 moths).
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2 comments:

  1. Broom Birder27 July 2011 at 19:52

    Nice one Tony- the mothing certainly is glamorous on the coast!

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  2. Tony Morris27 July 2011 at 20:23

    There are also a lot of dull days! And I missed a Cory's Shearwater by 10 minutes this morning!

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