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.


Wednesday 5 August 2020

Species List for 04/08/2020

A much quieter night, cooler, windy, with a clear, full moon. Just 134 moths of about 47 species, including on NFY, a Golden Twin-spot.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 6
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 11
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 7
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
2022 Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1   
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 15
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 4
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 18
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 5
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 1 NFY
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