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.


Sunday, 16 September 2018

Species List for 15/09/2018

A bit of a pick up but still lacking in any exciting migrants. Two Treble-bars were the first of the second generation. In total 378 moths of 36 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 9
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 8
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 141
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 29
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 94   
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 14
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 4
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 2
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 8
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 11
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1


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