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, 24 June 2015

Species List for 23/6/2015

124 moths of 41 species. The first perlella of the year and a stunning Scorched Wing.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 18
937 Agapeta hamana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella 1 NFY
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3   
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 7
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 28
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
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