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.


Tuesday 6 July 2010

Species List for 5/7/2010

Lobster Moth (Stauropus fagi)


Lots of fun with he Rustic vs Uncertain problem. A Lobster Moth nearly eluded me. I found it on the bottom of the funnel on one of my Black Light traps as I was assembling it for tonight.

17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 5
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1
1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 2
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 11
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
1999 Stauropus fagi Lobster Moth 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 5
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 39
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 33
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 7
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Grey Dagger / Dark Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 34
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 15
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 18
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 12
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

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