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.


Friday 26 August 2011

Species List for 24/8/2011

Two new macros for the year, the obscure Svensson's Copper Underwing and the more obvious Cypress Pug.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1304 Agriphila straminella
3
1305 Agriphila tristella
42
1309 Agriphila geniculea
2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1439 Trachycera advenella
4
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 4
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 2 NFY
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 9
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 7
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 48
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 16
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 50
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 2 NFY
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 11
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 6
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 25
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 65
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

348 Moths of 44 Species, (31 Macro species, 285 moths; 13 Micro species, 63 moths)

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