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.


Saturday 16 July 2016

Species List for 15/7/2016

The most diverse night of the year with around 74 species, plus a few micros yet t0o be identified.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
246 Tinea semifulvella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
868 Helcystogramma rufescens 1
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1063 Celypha striana 5
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 45
1302 Crambus perlella 8
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2  
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 2
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 4
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1473 Ephestia sp   1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 19
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 5
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 29
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 5
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2196 Mythimna pudorina Striped Wainscot 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 6
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

No comments:

Post a Comment

Total Pageviews

StatCounter