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 31/7/2019

After a days break for weather a very moderate night with 153 moths of 50 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 11
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 8
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2   
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 3
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 7
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 17
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 7
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 6
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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