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 22 July 2015

Species List for 21/7/2015

Another poor night with 237 moths of about 54 species. Donacaula forficella was new for the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
1
787 Bryotropha terrella
1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1063 Celypha striana
12
1201 Eucosma cana
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 21
1302 Crambus perlella
7
1304 Agriphila straminella
5
1329 Donacaula forficella
1 NFY
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1   
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 11
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 19
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 46
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
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