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.


Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Species List for 29/7/2013

Another very windy night, but much cooler. Just 13 micros, of 8 species, and 97 macros of 32 species. Three Dark Swordgrass were notable.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
449 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 7
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 18
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 7
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
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