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.


Sunday 12 July 2009

Species List for11/7/2009

Royal Mantle (Idaea aversata)

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1

2 moths, 2 Species of Micro


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1736 Catarhoe cuculata Royal Mantle 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 4
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 7
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 16
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 17
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 39
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 3
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 5
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 42
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 21
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 20

250 moths, 43 Species of Macro

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