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 6 June 2022

Species List for 05/06/2022

 Just 118 moths of 35 species with three NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

647

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House Moth

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8

1033

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

27

1279

Dichrorampha acuminatana

1

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

1

1724

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

1

1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

2

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1

1776

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

1

1807

Perizoma albulata

Grass Rivulet

1

NFY

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

2

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

3

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

2

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

5

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

3

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

1

NFY

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

22

2091

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

 

2098

Axylia putris

Flame

1

2102

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

3

2123

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

2

2155

Melanchra persicariae

Dot Moth

1

NFY

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

3

2291

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

3

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1

 

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