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.


Thursday 23 August 2012

Species List for 22/8/2012

 The Yellow Shell is often seen flying during the day, in the garden it is normally around the hedges. Often found in the house but only occasionally does it come to light.
 
Another cooler night. Of the 186 moths, 31 were micros of nine species including the first Amblyptilia punctidactyla of the year. There were 155 macros of  22 species including 68 Setaceous Hebrew Characters.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 6
873 Blastobasis adustella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 12
1063 Celypha striana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 9
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 1 NFY
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 7
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 68
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 9
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 5
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 13
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6

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