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 August 2012

SPecies List for 12/8/12

A clear and slightly cooler night.  157 moths of 37 species. A surprise was finding two Langmaid's Yellow Underwings among the Lesser Broad-bordered, I though that the had finished. At least I was able to show them to Pete, Nina and Jack and Josh, here on a pre-bird-fair visit. The two boys have stayed and will be delivered to Pete and Nina on Thursday.
  
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
873 Blastobasis adustella   5
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1305 Agriphila tristella   9
1361 Pyrausta aurata   1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1439 Trachycera advenella   2
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 10
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 44
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 21
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