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.


Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Species List for 6/8/2013

The Silver Y influx reduced, making emptying the traps much easier. A Sciota hostilis was new for the site. 72 micros, 19 species and 285 macros of 55 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 7
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 6
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 10
1305 Agriphila tristella 27
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1447 Sciota hostilis 1 NFS
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 11
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 33
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 9
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 15
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 8
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 48
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 50
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 7
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 14
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

No comments:

Post a Comment

Total Pageviews

StatCounter