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, 13 July 2016

Species List for 12/7/2016

Not a great night, but a few new for the year. Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, a nice obvious example, two stunning Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings, two Wainscots, a Smoky and a Striped, and a Brown Tail,
 Striped Wainscot

 Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
1063 Celypha striana
2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 10
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1  
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 21
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2196 Mythimna pudorina Striped Wainscot 1
2198 Mythimna impuraa Smoky Wainscot 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 4
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
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