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, 30 August 2017

Species List for 29/08/2017

I think that this is only the second time I've caught over 1000 moths (other than Diamond-backed Moths), and 663 Setaceous Hebrew Characters was a record. There were 1015 moths of only 52 species, but including a Loxostege sticticalis, only the third I've caught.In addition there was a Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring round the garden.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 5
0425z Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella sp. 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 20
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 4
1305 Agriphila tristella 21
1309 Agriphila geniculea 18
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1368 Loxostege sticticalis 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1   
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 10
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 7
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 137
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 663
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 5
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 21
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 19
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 3
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
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Loxostege sticticalis
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