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.


Monday, 6 August 2012

Species List for 5/8/2012

156  moth of 50 species. Two new Tortix species  identified for the garden and another increase in Silver Y numbers.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
431 Yponomeuta sedella   1 NFY
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella   9
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1079 Piniphila bifasciana   1 NFS
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 1
1205 Spilonota ocellana Bud Moth 1 NFS
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1304 Agriphila straminella   3
1344 Eudonia mercurella   4
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata   1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis   1
1452 Phycita roborella   1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 13
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 23
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2343a Mesapamea didyma Lesser Common Rustic 1
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 25

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