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.


Saturday 14 June 2014

Species List for 12/6/2014

A decent catch on a warm night with a min temp of 14.0 deg C. 296 moths of 70 species, 17 micro and 53 macro with a new species, Grey Arches, for the site.

 Grey Arches (Polia nebulosa)


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 8
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 17
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2
1063 Celypha striana 3
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 2
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 3
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1474 Ephestia parasitella 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 4
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1 NFY
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 5
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2 NFY
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 8
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 85
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 48
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 3
2150 Polia nebulosa Grey Arches 1 NFS
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2326 Apamea crenata Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 5
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 7
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 2
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1

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