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.


Saturday, 11 September 2021

Species List for 10/09/2021

 Still three species dominate, but there were a coupe of  surprises, the second Scarce Silver-lines for the year and the site and the second White-spec for the site, a moth that can be the commonest when mothing on the Scilly Isles. In total there were 703 moths of  49 species, a decline in diversity probably reflecting the change in weather, especially the temperature.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

11

1048

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

2

1076

Celypha lacunana

1

1309

Agriphila geniculea

1

1342

Eudonia angustea

2

1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

1405

Pleuroptya ruralis

Mother of Pearl

1

1465

Nephopterix angustella

1

1690

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1

1709

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

1

1728

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

4

1739

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1

1825

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2

1867

Aplocera plagiata

Treble-bar

1

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1

1911

Ennomos autumnaria

Large Thorn

3

1914

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1

1961

Campaea margaritata

Light Emerald

7

 

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

18

2091

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1

2102

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

104

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

31

2110

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1

2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3

2123

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

6

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

229

2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

48

2154

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

5

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

9

2166

Hadena rivularis

Campion

1

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

13

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

92

2203

Mythimna unipuncta

White-speck

1

NFY

2269

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1

2299

Amphipyra tragopoginis

Mouse Moth

1

2303

Thalpophila matura

Straw Underwing

1

 

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4

2353

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

20

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

37

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2421

Bena bicolorana

Scarce Silver-lines

1

2434

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

2

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

18

2449

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

2

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

6
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