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.


Thursday, 14 June 2018

Species List for 13/06/2018

The edge of Storm Hector ensured a windy and cool night. 173 moths of 34 species, including 3 NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1063 Celypha striana 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1 retrap
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 97
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 10   
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 4
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 6
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 4
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1 NFY
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 2 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2

 Purple Bar

Uncertain

Burnished Brass
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