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.


Thursday 10 July 2014

Species List for 8/7/2014

A bid of a drizzle but overall not a bad night with a min Temp of 14.1 deg. C. In total there were 291 moths of 72 species. A second Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, that stood out as a very dull individual, and five new species for the year.


I always look forward to the first Trachycera advenella and it's relatves. I like pyralids and this group is a good one to sort out.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
1
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana
11
1202 Eucosma obumbratana
1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 18
1294 Crambus pascuella
1
1302 Crambus perlella
1
1304 Agriphila straminella
1 NFY
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata
1 NFY
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
3
1424 Endotricha flammealis
1
1439 Trachycera advenella
1 NFY
1483 Phycitodes binaevella
1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1803 Perizoma alchemillata Small Rivulet 1 NFY
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 7
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 3
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 10
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 8
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 36
2098 Axylia putris Flame 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 8
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 9
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 20
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2323 Apamea sublustris Reddish Light Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 30
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 10
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 10
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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