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 24 August 2009

Species List for 23/8/2009

Another Evergestis Limbata was a nice surprise and the good run of Dark Sword Grass records continued. A fresh Poplar Hawk was good to see. 562 Macros is a good count but 47% were Setaceous Hebrew Characters, and there were only 38 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 7
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 0
1305 Agriphila tristella
0
1309 Agriphila geniculea
0
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1356a Evergestis limbata
1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 8
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 6
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 6
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 12
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 9
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 5
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 10
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 47
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 46
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 262
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 8
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 5
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 18
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 34
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 36
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