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, 9 July 2011

Species List for 8/7/2011

As predicted a wet night, but I ran two traps in "protected" positions. Two new pyralids for the year. I think I saw Ditula angustiorana last weekend, but when I was in a hurry and not "doing" micros properly. Also he first Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing. This one was obvious, but it wiss soon be time to check for Langmaid's. Sooner than I thought. Just found another "LBBYU" that I'd missed in the corner of my MV trap and it is indeed a Langmaid's Yellow Underwing!

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 16
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1390 Udea prunalis
1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 12
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1


78 Moths of 32 Species, (25 Macro, 7 Micro).
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