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 22 August 2018

Species List for 20/08/2018

All traps up and running, but a coolish, breezy night brought 499 moths of 53 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
937 Agapeta hamana 1
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 28
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 20
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1388 Udea lutealis 1
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1   
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 4
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 22
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 13
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 76
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 69
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 44
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 12
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 19
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 103
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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