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, 5 July 2012

Species List for 4/7/2012

Quite a lot of moths with 247 of  56 species. Two micros identified for the first time (thanks to the new book).


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 5
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 6
980 Archips xylosteana Variegated Golden Tortrix 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus
1
1063 Celypha striana
3
1067 Celypha cespitana
1 NFS
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 1
1201 Eucosma cana
1
1202 Eucosma obumbratana
1 NFS
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 25
1302 Crambus perlella
6
1333 Scoparia pyralella
1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1392 Udea olivalis
1
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1441 Oncocera semirubella
1 NFY
1504 Platyptilia pallidactyla
1
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1 NFY
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 5
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 30
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 35
2098 Axylia putris Flame 19
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 21
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1 NFY
2221 Shargacucullia verbasci Mullein 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 4
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 1 NFY
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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