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.


Tuesday 31 July 2012

Species list for 30/7/2012

102 moths of 35 species. An Old Lady was a sure sign that Autumn is on the way! There was also a strange Silver Y, with a normal right side and an almost melanistic left side. Migrants today included 11 SIlver Y's and my first Dark Sword-grass of the year.



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 1 NFY
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 5
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 11
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 21
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1 NFY
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 5
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 11
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