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.


Tuesday 27 August 2019

Species List for 26/8/2019

Despite the fantastic weather there were no real surprises in my moth traps. There were 443 moths of 53 species, the most notable count was 38 Silver Ys, the most so far this year. (Updated for two new ID's, thanks Jack Morris).

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 6
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 46
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1054 Acleris cristana 1
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 32
1309 Agriphila geniculea 16
1354 Cataclysta lemnata Small China-mark 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 3
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1465 Nephopterix angustella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1   
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 11
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 8
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 5
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 37
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 15
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 72
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 21
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 30
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 2
2345 Photedes minima Small Dotted Buff 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 19
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 19
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 38
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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