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.


Friday, 24 August 2012

Species List for 23/8/2012

A big night with over 100 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, still a long way from the 438 I caught on 19/8/2009! In total there were 397 moths, 79 micros of 24 species and 318 macros of 40 species. Notable were three Cydia amplana, a reasonably scarce migrant. Only one new species for the year list though.
 
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 7
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella   2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella   4
874 Blastobasis lacticolella   2
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 23
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana   2
1262 Cydia amplana   2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1304 Agriphila straminella   3
1305 Agriphila tristella   13
1309 Agriphila geniculea   3
1342 Eudonia angustea   2
1344 Eudonia mercurella   2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 7
1424 Endotricha flammealis   1
1439 Trachycera advenella   2
1452 Phycita roborella   2
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla   1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla   1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 3
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 8
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 17
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 121
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 10
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 7
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 7
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 42
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

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