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.


Monday, 29 August 2016

Species List for 28/8/2016

A cooler night and fewer species. Still over 500  moths but with 52% Setaceous Hebrew Characters. The first Cream-bordered Green Pea of the year, a moth where the classification as a macro is deceptive.
Cream-bordered Green Pea

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 3
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 6
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 32
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1307 Agriphila latistria 3
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1342 Eudonia angustea 6
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 8
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1692 Scopula immutata Lesser Cream Wave 1  
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 9
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 37
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 16
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 260
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 19
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 4
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 7
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 24
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 8
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