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 Wax Moth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wax Moth. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Species List for 12/9/2016

Brown-spot Pinion was new for the year, and a return for Riband Wave was a surprise.

 Wax Moth

 Riband Wave

 Brown-spot Pinion

 Frosted Orange

Dusky Thorn


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 38
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 8
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 6
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 11
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 5
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2  
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 17
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 9
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 11
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 66
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 333
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 12
2266 Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 5
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 6
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 20

Friday, 26 August 2016

Species List for 25/8/2016

My second Bulrush Wainscot and sixth Northern Rustic.

 Magpie Moth

Wax Moth 

 |Swallow Prominent

 Maple Prominent

 Bulrush Wainscot

Knot Grass 
This slightly odd specimen had me confused at first, but it seems to be an odd form of  Knot Grass

Coronet 
I don't know why, but the digital camera seems to find much more in the pattern of the Coronet than my eyes do!

 Burnished Brass

 Northern Rustic
A slightly odd name for the lover of coastal sites, from the North, West and a few South and Eastern sites.

Scorched Carpet

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 120
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1262 Cydia amplana 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 4
1305 Agriphila tristella 12
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 18
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 10
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1  
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 5
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 34
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 4
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 11
2104 Standfussiana lucernea Northern Rustic 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 29
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 13
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 143
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2286 Acronicta menyanthidis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 8
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 18
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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