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.


Sunday 6 June 2021

Species List for 05/06/2021

 A warm day and a better night brought a better result with 58 moths of 28 species and seven NFY. There are two Pugs to ID.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

17

Hepialus lupulinus

Common Swift

2

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1

1174

Epiblema cynosbatella

1

1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

1727

Xanthorhoe montanata

Silver-ground Carpet

1

NFY

1728

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1

1817

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1

1819

Eupithecia exiguata

Mottled Pug

1

NFY

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

3

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

7

1920

Odontopera bidentata

Scalloped Hazel

1

NFY

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2

NFY

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

2

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

1998

Furcula bifida

Poplar Kitten

1

NFY

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

2

 

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

6

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

3

2279

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1

NFY

2302

Rusina ferruginea

Brown Rustic

1

NFY

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

6

58

 


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