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.


Friday, 11 September 2015

Species List for 10/9/2015 National Moth Days 1

A total of 597 moths of only 31 species. The first Lunar Underwing of the year, and a rather odd looking Vine's Rustic.

 Rosy Rustic

Vine's Rustic
This is a rather odd Vine's Rustic The pattern almost looks like a faded Setaceous Hebrew Character,but the jizz is of a Vine;s Rustic.

Lunar Underwing

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
966 Cochylis atricapitana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 30
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 8
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 144
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 17
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 302
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 15
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 1   
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 19
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 14
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
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