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.


Thursday 15 July 2021

Species List for 14/07/2021

 After a fine, warm day I anticipated an increase inthe number of moths on the wing, but the reverse was true. In total there were 158 moths of 51 species with six species NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1

642

Batia unitella

1

NFY

647

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House Moth

6

658

Carcina quercana

1

NFY

951

Aethes beatricella

1

1063

Celypha striana

2

1201

Eucosma cana

1

1293

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

26

1302

Crambus perlella

1

1361

Pyrausta aurata

1

NFY

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

1

1428

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

2

1458

Myelois circumvoluta

Thistle Ermine

1

1653

Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches

1

1705

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1

1713

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

3

1758

Eulithis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1

1813

Eupithecia haworthiata

Haworth's Pug

1

NFY

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1

 

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

3

1991

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

6

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2

2009

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

1

2029

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1

2030

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1

NFY

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

2

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

9

2098

Axylia putris

Flame

5

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

10

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

6

2110

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1

NFY

2110a

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

5

2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

4

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

2193

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2198

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

2

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2279

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

13

2322

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

2

2343x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

1

2381

Hoplodrina alsines

Uncertain

13

2382

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

1

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1

2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

5

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

 

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