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.


Monday, 18 June 2012

Species list for 17/6/2012

Using the new micro book I looked at the little speck in a tube and identified it as Cherry Fruit Moth. I think I've seen it before but not identified it. Several other year firsts and a total of 129 moths

 
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 4
420 Argyresthia pruniella Cherry Fruit Moth 1 NFS
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
4
1063 Celypha striana
2
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFY
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella
1
1234 Pammene regiana
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1 NFY
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
1
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1 NFY
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 31
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1 NFY
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

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