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.


Saturday, 10 June 2017

Species List for 08/06/2017

A heavy thunderstorm at around 0100 hrs was survived by all traps, and was a portent for Mrs May. The first Drinker of the year was a good addition. Still got some pugs to sort out.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 14
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 35
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1063 Celypha striana 9
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 5
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 6   
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 2
1784 Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 29
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 12
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 7
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 4


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