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.


Friday, 22 August 2014

Species List for 21/8/2014

319 moths of 36 species. Min temp 11.6 deg C. with the wind at 10-15 mph from the SSW.  While Sandwich Bay B.O. managed a Convolovulus Hawk-moth my migrant tally was a Diamond-backed Moth.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1063 Celypha striana 1
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 10
1309 Agriphila geniculea 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 63
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 31
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 90
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 7
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 7
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 39
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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