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 19 August 2015

Species List for 18/8/2015

A poor night with just 270 moths of 47 species A few days off now, while we are at the Birdfair
 at Rutland.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella
8
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1302 Crambus perlella
1
1304 Agriphila straminella
4
1305 Agriphila tristella
14
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1   
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 16
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 41
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 66
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 22
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 5
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 11
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 9
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

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