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.


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Showing posts with label Large Thorn. Show all posts

Friday, 28 August 2020

Species List for 27/08/2020

A wet and cold night produced 346 moths of just 37 species. There were two NFY, a Humming-bird Hawk-moth that was a surprise as I hadn't seen one nectaring in the garden and a Large Thorn, the earliest record I have by one day, but about 10 days earlier than the usual first record.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 12
1309 Agriphila geniculea 6
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1 NFY
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1 NFY
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9   
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 34
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 94
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 17
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 66
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 47
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

 Large Thorn

 Large Thorn

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth, 

Humming-bird Hawk-moth, 

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Species List for 28/08/2017

955 moths 0f 53 species, including 529 Setaceous Hebrew Characters. The first Large thorn of the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 3
0425z Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella sp. 2
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 5
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 58
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 9
1305 Agriphila tristella 28
1309 Agriphila geniculea 20
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 4
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 3
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 4
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 4
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 28
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 8
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 114
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 7
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 7
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 529
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 6
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 14
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 16
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 8
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3
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Large Thorn

Monday, 12 September 2016

Species List for 11/9/2016

 Feathered Gothic

 Large Thorn 

Large Thorn 

  Burnished Brass

 Feathered Ranunculus

 Feathered Ranunculus

 Centre-barred Sallow

 Common Marbled Carpet

 Agriphila geniculea 

Treble Bar 

Bulrush Wainscot

Clepsis consimilana 


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 27
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea
5
1342 Eudonia angustea 4
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 3
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 6
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 4
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
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 11
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3  
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 88
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 233
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 7
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2
2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 16

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Species List for 5/9/2016

The first Large Thorn of the year and a rather stunning Acleris cristana.

Vapourer 


Large Thorn 


 Dusky Thorn and Large Thorn 



Acleris cristana


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
385 Anthophila fabriciana 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 52
1041 Acleris sparsana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 4
1054 Acleris cristana 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 9
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 5
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1  
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 21
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 12
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 84
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 7
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 465
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 6
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 8
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 4

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