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, 23 June 2017

Species List for 22/06/2017

One of my favourite micros appeared last night. Evergestis Limbata was first recorded in the UK in 1993 or 1994 and was a very rare migrant for a few years. I caught the first one here in 2003 but the second was in 2006. Since then it has been annual with between one and four per year, except 2013 when there were 11 records. Last nights was the 44th here.

Evergestis limbata

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 3
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella Common Swift 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 17
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1063 Celypha striana 9
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 14
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1313 Catoptria pinella 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 3
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1   
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 15
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 3
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 4
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 12
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 16
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 12
2098 Axylia putris Flame 24
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 20
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2305 Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 11
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 7
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 5
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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