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 28 July 2017

Species List for 27/07/2017

So bad as to be ridiculous. Just 143 moths of about 42 species. I am going to take a short break while this weather persists.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1 14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
2 873 Blastobasis adustella 9
3 998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
4 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
5 1302 Crambus perlella 2
6 1304 Agriphila straminella 13
7 1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
8 1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 2
9 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
10 1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
11 1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
12 1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
13 1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 7
14 1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
15 1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
16 1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
17 1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
18 2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 1
19 2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
20 2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 11   
21 2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
22 2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
23 2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
24 2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
25 2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
26 2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 5
27 2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
28 2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 4
29 2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
30 2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
31 2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
32 2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
33 2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 23
34 2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
35 2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 4
36 2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
37 2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
38 2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
39 2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
40 2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
41 2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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