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 1 October 2011

Species List for 30/9/2011

My first Scarce Bordered Straw, Sallow and Green-brindled Crescent of the year and another unexpected Scarce Footman and an out of normal season Yellow-tail although I did have one on 24th Sept. 2006.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 18
1342 Eudonia angustea
1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 27
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 5
2230 Aporophyla australis Feathered Brindle 1
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 1 NFY
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 7
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 9
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 6
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 23
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 1
2274 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 1 NFY
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

138 Moths of 30 Species, (28 Macro species,119moths; 2 Micro species, 19 moths)
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