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 23 July 2011

Species List for 22/7/2011

Another reasonable night for this year, except that I had to dry out all my egg boxes today. Four new Macros for the year, Mapie, Lesser Swallow Prominent, Pine Hawk-moth and a presumed Lesser Common Rustic, a very small black "Common Rustic" with a wjite kidney mark. I'm sure it should be disected to be certain.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
1
1063 Celypha striana
2
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 13
1302 Crambus perlella
1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 1 NFY
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 17
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 8
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 6
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2343a Mesapamea didyma Lesser Common Rustic 1 NFY
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 25
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

178 Moths of 60 Species, (49 Macro species, 152 moths;11 Micro species, 26 moths).
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