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 25 August 2018

Species List for 22/08/2018

A Frosted Orange was the star of 581 moths of 61 species.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 29
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 37
1309 Agriphila geniculea 6
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1   
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 19
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 27
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 5
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 20
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 51
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 98
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 27
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 34
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 135
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2


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