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, 2 June 2014

Species List for 1/6/2014

Just two new moths for the year in the 154 moths of 43 species. One of the Peppered Moths, of the form  carbonaria, was the blackest I've caught, but it still had its white headlights.

 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia f. carbonaria)

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
385 Anthophila fabriciana Nettle-tap 1 NFY
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1063 Celypha striana 5
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 7
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1 NFY
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 59
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1

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