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, 8 September 2015

Species List for 7/9/2015

A similar night to the previous one with 524 moths of just 34 species. One surprise, however was Hedge Rustic. Unfortunately the crumpled left wing spoils the look a little. This is the fourth record of this species here.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 12
1309 Agriphila geniculea 3
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 141
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 19
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 295
2177 Tholera cespitis Hedge Rustic 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1   
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 8
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 13
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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