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, 5 July 2021

Species List for 04/07/2021

As the weather has deteriorated  so the catch has decreased The weather is still ok for mothing, although the forecast is bad. Just 184 moths of 42 species and one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

874

Blastobasis lacticolella

1

977

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

1063

Celypha striana

2

1293

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

25

1334

Scoparia ambigualis

1

1365

Pyrausta despicata

1

1699

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

1

1707

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1

1711

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

2

1758

Eulithis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1

1765

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

2

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1

1991

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

3

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

4

2029

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

 

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

36

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

37

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

9

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

5

2171

Hadena confusa

Marbled Coronet

1

2193

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1

NFY

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2

2198

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2216

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

10

2322

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1

2343

Mesapamea secalis

Common Rustic

1

2381

Hoplodrina alsines

Uncertain

5

2382

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

1

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5

2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

5

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5

 

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