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.


Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Species List for 9/6/2014

Wow! An amazing catch for me, I can't remember getting 101 species in a night before, and still a couple of "tiddlers" in the fridge that may yet be identifiable. The threatened rain didn't materialise and the min temp was 16.3 deg C. In total there were 646 moths, 31 micro species and 70 macro species. I thought that I had caught a very early Scarce Footman, but closer inspection showed it to be an very early Hoary Footman, my first here. Scorched Wing is always a favourite. what a fabulous pattern.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 16
246 Tinea semifulvella 1
449 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 1 NFY
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
697 Agonopterix arenella 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 2 NFY
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
994 Clepsis consimilana 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 64
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 32
1063 Celypha striana 4
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFY
1084 Hedya ochroleucana 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1183 Epiblema foenella 1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1294 Crambus pascuella 1 NFY
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1392 Udea olivalis 2 NFY
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 1 NFY
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1 NFY
1640 Euthrix potatoria The Drinker 1 NFY
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 8
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 3
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 7
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 10
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 14
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1 NFY
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 16
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 4
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2045 Eilema caniola Hoary Footman 1 NFS
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 12
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 166
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 15
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 1 NFY
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 68
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 4
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1 NFY
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2172 Hadena albimacula White Spot 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 6
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1 NFY
2331 Apamea unanimis Small Clouded Brindle 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 9
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 33
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1 NFY
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2492 Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 1 NFY

 Scorched Wing

 Hoary Footman
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