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, 28 August 2011

Species List for 26/8/2011

Galium Carpet and Feathered Gothic were new for the year. No mothing on the 27th (rain stopped play).

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
873 Blastobasis adustella
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1302 Crambus perlella
1
1304 Agriphila straminella
1
1305 Agriphila tristella
21
1309 Agriphila geniculea
1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 26
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 23
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 22
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 14
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3

158 Moths of 32 Species, (25 Macro species, 130 moths; 7 Micro species, 28 moths)
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