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, 1 September 2014

Species List for 31/8/2014

Still a lot of moths but at this time of year I would be hoping for some scarce migrants but they are not forthcoming. In total there were 709 moths of 52 species, Feathered Gothic was new for the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 23
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 15
1309 Agriphila geniculea 15
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 4
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 11
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 8
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 200
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 13
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 268
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 16
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1 NFY
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 3
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 6
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 37
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 17
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 6
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