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, 6 September 2018

Species List for 05/09/2018

Another day dominated by Large Yellow Underwings and Setaceous Hebrew Characters, but there was a Feathered Gothic, NFY and the first September Evergestis Limbata I've caught.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1305 Agriphila tristella 13
1309 Agriphila geniculea 7
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 6
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 6
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1   
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 16
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 136
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 13
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 9
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 174
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 21
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 8
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1 NFY
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 10
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 11
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 5
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 10
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 57
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 5
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

 Feathered Gothic

Evergestis limbata
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