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 19 July 2017

Species List for 18/07/2017

Four Dark Sword-grass and ten Silver Y's might be the vanguard of an invasion. In total 414 moths of about 85 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Yponomeuta sp. Cnephasia species 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 38
937 Agapeta hamana 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 11
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 3
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1233 Pammene aurita 1
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 6
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 17
1313 Catoptria pinella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2   
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 19
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 7
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 9
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 4
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 12
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 30
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 11
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 27
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 13
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 4
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 15
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 35
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 13
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 6
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 10
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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