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 3 September 2018

Species List for 01/09/2018

First night mothing back at the Hidden House. The signs are that Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Large Yellow Underwings are returning to normal but a real lack of any interesting migrants.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 16
1303 Agriphila selasella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 15
1309 Agriphila geniculea 12
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 3
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 8   
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 7
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 6
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 46
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 95
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 26
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 9
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 6
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 13
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 22
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 6

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