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, 8 August 2018

Species List for 07/08/2018

After a heavy thunderstorm in the early evening I checked the forecast  and decided just run my Robinson trap to save the bother of drying the other four out. Of course the weather defied to Met Office and remained dry for the rest of the night.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
873 Blastobasis adustella 22
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 7
1305 Agriphila tristella 6
1344 Eudonia mercurella 4
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 4
1439 Trachycera advenella 3
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1   
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 8
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 4
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 17
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 7
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 19
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 14
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 9
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 33
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 12
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 9
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 11
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
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