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, 22 August 2020

Species List for 21/08/2020

Just when I was wondering why I'd bothered to put my traps out last night, I got the last one, in the vegetable garden and among a handful of Common Wainscots was my first Shore Wainscot. In total there were 235 moths of just 36 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 15
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 22
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 42   
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 7
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 20
2201 Mythimna litoralis Shore Wainscot 1 NFS
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 32
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 34
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
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 Shore Wainscot



Above - showing how it sits slightly "tented" and below the bright white hind-wing.


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