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, 2 August 2012

Species List for 1/8/2012

107 moths of 49 species is nothing to write home about. A beautifully fresh Dioryctria species looks like a sylvestrella to me (see above)  Thanks to Trent, and a more careful look, I was right first time - abietella it is!
  
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
787 Bryotropha terrella   1
873 Blastobasis adustella   3
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana   1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana   3
1260 Cydia splendana   3
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1304 Agriphila straminella   2
1424 Endotricha flammealis   1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1454 Dioryctria abietella   1 NFY
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 9
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 19
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1 NFY
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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