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.


Thursday, 9 July 2020

Species List for 08/07/2020

The forecast was bad, but at 9 p.m. the rain had abated and a damp overcast night looked OK and I put the trapsout. There were 248 moths of 56 species and 2 NFY.  Four species of Hawk-moth including two Pines was good.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1260 Cydia splendana 1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 56
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1373 Paratalanta pandalis 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1771a Thera cupressata Cypress Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2   
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 2
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 8
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 6
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 27
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 16
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 19
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1 NFY
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 19
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1
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