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, 12 September 2018

Species List for 11/09/2018

A Beaded Chestnut was NFY and there was a Humming-bird Hawk-moth among the Larger Yellow Underwings. In total there were 526 moths of 36 species.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1305 Agriphila tristella 2
1309 Agriphila geniculea 5
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 271
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 25
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 111   
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 11
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 1 NFY
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 6
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 26
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Beaded Chestnut
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