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 12 August 2012

Species List for 11/8/2012

Only Orange Swift was new for the year, a total of 160 moths of 51species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1 NFY
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella   1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella   7
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1304 Agriphila straminella   2
1305 Agriphila tristella   4
1344 Eudonia mercurella   1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata   1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata   1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis   1
1424 Endotricha flammealis   4
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 4
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 36
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 12
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 8

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