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, 21 July 2013

Species List for 20/7/2013

A similar nigh to the previous night. with 150 moths of 44 species including 29 micros of 9 species. A female Ghost Moth was the best of a distinctly uninspiring collection.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana 5
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 16
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 8
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 16
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 12
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 6
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 16
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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