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 25 July 2016

Species List for 24/7/2016

Not a particualry good night but there were around 74 species. Where have all the Yellow Underwings gone?
Trachycera (Acrobasis) suavella



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 7
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 11
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1316 Catoptria falsella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1  
1438 Trachycera suavella 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 12
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 10
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 11
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 6
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

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