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, 12 August 2016

Species List for 11/8/2016

My first Jersey Tiger and Oak Hook-tip of the year. and a slight increase in diversity.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 3
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 5
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 14
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 21
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 3
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 7
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 15
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1646 Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1  
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 17
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 24
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 8
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 5
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 21
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 8
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

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