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 25 August 2015

Lyddington, Species List for 20/8/2015

Three days British Birdfair gave us the opertunity for three nights mothing at Lyddington.The B&B has a spectacular garden and we ran three traps, a 125W and a 15W actinic in "Skinner type" traps, and on the first and third nights, a Heath Actinic Trap. Large Yellow Underwings were dominant.



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
658 Carcina quercana
1
937 Agapeta hamana
1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana
1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 2
1304 Agriphila straminella
17
1305 Agriphila tristella
6
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 21
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 5
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 31   
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 163
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 19
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 11
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 24
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 13
2192 Mythimna conigera Brown-line Bright Eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 14
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 7
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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