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.


Monday 3 September 2018

Cornshay Wood Farm, Hawkchurch, Devon. Species List for 28/08/2018

A good night, with three new species for me. Unfortunately the Sharp-angled Carpet escaped my camera, but was a perfect individual. 

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 4
1345 Elophila nymphaeata Brown China-mark 1 NF Me
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 4
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1794 Euphyia unangulata Sharp-angled Carpet 1 NF Me
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 7
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 3
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 17
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 13
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 31
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5   
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 29
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 8
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 5
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2350 Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 4
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 6
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 6
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2482 Schrankia taenialis White-line Snout 1 NF Me
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