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, 31 May 2020

Species List for 30/05/2020

A slight improvement and five species NFY, In total 95 moths of 29 species.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
672 Depressaria heraclei Parsnip Moth 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1063 Celypha striana 1 NFY
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug2
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 3
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 35
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1   
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1 NFY
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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 Not a Grey Pug!! Common Pug (Thanks Sean Clancy).

 Parsnip Moth

 Lychnis

White-point

Privet Hawk-moths

Hedya nubiferana
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