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.


Thursday 14 July 2016

Species List for 13/7/2016

Another unremarkable collection, Small Phoenix put in its first appearance.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 5
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1063 Celypha striana   1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 7
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2  
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 6
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 16
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 9
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

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