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.


Friday 18 July 2014

Species List for 17/7/2014

Another very warm night with a minimum temperature of 17.6 deg C. Lots of moths but the only addition to the year list was a Barred Rivulet. A total of 619 moths, 125 micros of 28 species and 494 macros of 74 species. 102 species in one night was exceptional.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 37
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
787 Bryotropha terrella
2
873 Blastobasis adustella
8
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
1
937 Agapeta hamana
1
946 Aethes rubigana
1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
2
1063 Celypha striana
5
1260 Cydia splendana
7
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 28
1302 Crambus perlella
4
1304 Agriphila straminella
3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
3
1344 Eudonia mercurella
1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
2
1414 Synaphe punctalis
1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 4
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1441 Oncocera semirubella
1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 8
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 7
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 4
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 26
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 5
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 9
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 8
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 58
2051 Lithosia quadra Four-spotted Footman 1 NFY
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 26
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 8
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 29
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 13
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 18
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 21
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 7
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 7
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 5
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 45
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 42
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 34
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 12
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2
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