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.


Friday 19 June 2020

Species List for 18/06/2020

A drop in the number of moths and species after the previous days deluge, to 142 moths of 44 species.But it include two nice migants, Delicate and Pearly Underwing, both NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1380 Phlyctaenia perlucidalis 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1   
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 29
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 33
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 1 NFY
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 6
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 7
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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