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 29 July 2012

Species List for 28/7/2012

A fine, but cooler night, with low humidity (no dew this morning). Therefore far fewer moths. C fasella was the only yearly débutante. 109 moths of 48 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 11
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1063 Celypha striana 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 5
1316 Catoptria falsella 1 NFY
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 0
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 5
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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