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.


Tuesday 24 June 2014

Species list for 22/6/2014

A mild night, min temp 14.2 deg C. 339 moths of  67 species, 17 micro, 50 macro. Six new species for the year.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 2
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
951 Aethes beatricella 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 6
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 7
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 6
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1910 Apeira syringaria Lilac Beauty 1 NFY
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1 NFY
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 3
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 9
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 65
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 68
2098 Axylia putris Flame 20
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 NFY
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 16
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1 NFY
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 4
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 16
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1 NFY
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 8
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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