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, 8 September 2013

Species List for 7/9/2013

It is possible to get very bored counting Setaceous Hebrew Characters. Nothing of any real interest to break the monotony. 30 micro moths of nine species and 618 macro moths of just 31 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
658 Carcina quercana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1042 Acleris rhombana Rhomboid Tortrix 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 7
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 12
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1647 Watsonalla cultraria Barred Hook-tip 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 4
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 7
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 69
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 16
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 346
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 18
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 6
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 5
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 4
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 7
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 41
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 35
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 10

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