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 5 September 2016

Species List for 4/9/2016

After a night off (rain and high wind) another high Setaceous Hebrew Character night. Feathered Gothic was new for the year and another Vapourer was notable.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 40
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 4
1309 Agriphila geniculea 6
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 3
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 36
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1  
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 456
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 9
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

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