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.


Wednesday 5 July 2017

Species List for 04/07/2017

A Nut-tree Tussock and a Lunar-spotted Pinion were new for the year, and C.Culmella continued in high numbers.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 4
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 8
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 130
1302 Crambus perlella 8
1304 Agriphila straminella 4
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1   
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 7
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 11
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 31
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 7
2098 Axylia putris Flame 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 11
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 35
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 6
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 15
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 6
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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