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.


Tuesday 21 August 2018

Species List for 14/08/2018

After a night off due to the poor weather forecast a reasonable night, with 312 moths of 55 species, including a fresh Maiden's Blush.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 10
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana 7
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 7
1309 Agriphila geniculea 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 5
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 4
1441 Oncocera semirubella 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2   
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 21
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 9
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 11
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 7
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 43
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 43
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 9
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 17
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 17
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 34
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
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