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.


Showing posts with label Copper Underwing. Show all posts
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Saturday, 1 October 2016

Species List for 30/9/2016

My first Boxworm, and a "brown" type. I would think that it might be a migrant here. A second Clancy's Rustic for the year, but little else of note.
 Boxworm (Diaphania perspectalis)

 Boxworm (Diaphania perspectalis)

Clancy's Rustic, a very tatty individual.

There were two Copper Underwings, one was too beaten up tp get to species, this one was a normal Copper Underwing.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 7
1409a Diaphania perspectalis Boxworm 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 95
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 29
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 5
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 4
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 8
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 7
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 48
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2297x Amphipyra pyramidea agg. Copper Underwing agg. 1  
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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Friday, 5 August 2016

Species List for 4/8/2016

Things picked up a bit, and included one of my favourite moths, limbata, and a very stunning Copper Underwing.

 Copper Underwing

  Copper Underwing
Evergestis limbata


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 23
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1063 Celypha striana 7
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 19
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 5
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3  
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 5
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 23
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 52
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
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