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, 22 August 2017

Species List for 21/08/2017

A warmer, damp night produced a lot of moths, 731 of about 75 species of which 38% were Setaceous Hebrew Characters.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 5
0425z Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella sp. 3
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
873 Blastobasis adustella 22
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 44
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 12
1305 Agriphila tristella 32
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 5
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1   
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 12
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 6
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 27
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 13
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 84
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 21
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 278
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 10
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 7
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 12
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 36
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 5
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

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