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, 2 September 2017

Species List for 31/08/2017

693 moths, mostly Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Large Yellow Underwings. A White-speck was new for the site.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1303 Agriphila selasella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 10
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1   
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 95
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 9
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 487
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 5
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2203 Mythimna unipuncta White-speck 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 16
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 13
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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Straw Underwing

White-speck

Rusty-dot Pearl
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