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.


Monday 17 August 2020

Species List for 16/08/2020

A return to more normal temperatures, and just the two Robinsons, main back garden and pond garden.A big reduction in numbers and variety, with 273 moths of about 50 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
873 Blastobasis adustella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1063 Celypha striana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 3
1305 Agriphila tristella 14
1309 Agriphila geniculea 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1357 Evergestis extimalis 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 5
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1   
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 15
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 22
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 39
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 24
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 6
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 15
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 28
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 10
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2488a Pechipogo plumigeralis Plumed Fan-foot 1
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