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.


Monday, 26 May 2014

Species List for 25/5/2014

A total of 136 individuals of 37 species, including three new for the year was a reasonable catch last night. The min temp was 12.5 deg C. I've adjusted the total number of moths down five for last year after finding a typing error while doing my year return for Kent. 


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 3
697 Agonopterix arenella 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 19
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2    
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 5
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 2 NFY
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1    
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 4
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 21
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFY
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 22
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1 NFY
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