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.


Thursday, 21 June 2012

Species List for 20/6/2012

101 moths of 41 species with a couple of micros still to confirm (now added, thanks to Ben) made this a better night. There were few surprises although it is the first time I've identified Eidophasia messingiella in the garden and the Small Fan-foot was the first for five years.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 7
469 Eidophasia messingiella   1 NFS
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella   1
989 Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana   2
1063 Celypha striana   1
1076 Celypha lacunana   1 NFY
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1201 Eucosma cana   1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis   3
1342 Eudonia angustea   1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1474 Ephestia parasitella   1 NFY
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 11
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 11
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 1 NFY
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2492 Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 1 NFY

 
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