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.


Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Species List for 3/9/2013

An Oblique Striped was a new moth for the site and a male Four-spotted Footman was just my second record for this striking species (hopefully pictures tomorrow). Again lots of common stuff, with 49 micro moths of 13 species and 513 macro moths of 46 species. Hebrew Characters remain the most common and this may be set to continue for a few days!


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 15
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1307 Agriphila latistria 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 16
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1718 Phibalapteryx virgata Oblique Striped 1 NFS
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 4
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 5
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 6
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 44
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 8
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 4
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2051 Lithosia quadra Four-spotted Footman 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 11
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 46
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 45
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 139
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 34
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 3
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 5
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 15
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 8
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 4
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 28
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 26
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1
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