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.


Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Species List for 24/07/2017

Just 135 moths of 42 species. There were a few migrants, with a couple of very different Scarce Bordered Straws.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 15
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 9
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 14
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7



Two Scarce Bordered Straws

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