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, 19 August 2014

Species List for 18/8/2014

A cool night with a minimum of only 11.7 deg C. A total of 311 moths of 38 species including a new micro, Epinotia ramella, which was a welcome addition.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 11
1134 Epinotia ramella 1
1260 Cydia splendana 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 12
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 22
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 33
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 138
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 9
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 14
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 10
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
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