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.


Tuesday 1 September 2020

Species List for 31/08/2020

A similar night to last night, with temperatures still lower than normal. In total there were 286 moths of 38  species with on NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
449 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 1
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 16
1309 Agriphila geniculea 13
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 7
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 NFY
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 19
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1   
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 31
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 10
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 49
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 11
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 11
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 54
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 22
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 5
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