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, 4 September 2020

Species List for 03/09/2020

A few more moths last night with 269 moths of 41 species including a Clancy's Rustic NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 23
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 10
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1   
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 5
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 58
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 29
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 19
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 6
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 35
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 26
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 1 NFY
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 1
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