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, 3 July 2019

Species List for 2/7/2019

A much quieter night, with 267 moths of 70 species, and 3 NFY. As usual the Dingy Shears fooled me, Every year I struggle to identify the first one (thanks to Nigel Jarman for putting mr right)/

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1 NFY
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2
1063 Celypha striana 3
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 6
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 3
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1   
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 3
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 2
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 4
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 4
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 5
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2031 Leucoma salicis White Satin 1 NFY
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 42
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 42
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 10
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 10
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2314 Parastichtis ypsillon Dingy Shears 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 23
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 18
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 6
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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