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.


Wednesday 1 August 2018

Species List for 31/07/2018

Another Pine Hawk-moth was a surprise.In total there were 388 moths of 75 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 16
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 39
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1063 Celypha striana 3
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 24
1344 Eudonia mercurella 8
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 5
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1   
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 14
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 7
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1812 Eupithecia inturbata Maple Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 7
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 15
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 24
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 23
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 58
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 28
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 3

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