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.


Saturday, 7 September 2019

Species List for 06/9/2019

Apart from a couple of Palpita vitrialis, last night was a poor night, until I came to this geometer. I didn't recognise it, but a search through the guides and internet has led me to conclude it is a rather tatty and indistinct Jersey Mocha, a first for the site.An Apple Leaf Skeletoniser, was the second for the site and the moth with the best name last night. In total there were 662 moths of 29 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
389 Choreutis pariana Apple Leaf Skeletoniser 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 11
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1408 Palpita vitrealis 2
1678a Cyclophora ruficiliaria Jersey Mocha 1 NFS
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 62
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 10
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 203
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6   
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 10
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 17
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 7
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
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 Jersey Mocha

 Apple Leaf Skeletoniser

Palpita vitrealis
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