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.


Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Species List for 13/7/2015

343 moths of 68 species,and nothing particularly interesting. A very dingy Dingy Shears had me beaten for  while, Thanks to Chris Knott for pointing me in the right direction. Pyrausta despicata was also anunobtrusive new species for the year. Common and Scarce Footmen were side by side for comparison.

 Dingy Shears

 Common Footman

  Common Footman

 Scarce Footman

 Scarce Footman
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
1
873 Blastobasis adustella
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana
7
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 51
1294 Crambus pascuella
2
1302 Crambus perlella
8
1304 Agriphila straminella
3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1 NFY
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2   
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 9
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 11
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 21
2098 Axylia putris Flame 11
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 10
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 8
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 5
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2314 Parastichtis ypsillon Dingy Shears 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 21
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 4
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 30
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 21
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
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