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, 4 August 2014

Species List for 3/8/2014 - Udate

Again a coolish night and fewer moths. In total 211 moths of 51 species.  Still there was a new micro, Caloptilia syringella, a leaf minor of both privet and lilac, both of which feature in the garden. Also a couple of others I need help with. First a pyralid, a bit like Sciota hostilis, but I'm not sure, and then another I really don't have a clue about. Nigel Jarman suggests that the pyralid is roborella and although it's a bit of a dull one I think he's nailed it, so I've added it to the database.



  Caloptilia syringella

 Pyralid

 Pyralid

Micro-not a clue!
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
293 Caloptilia syringella 1 NFS
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 2
787 Bryotropha terrella 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 11
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1063 Celypha striana 2
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
2033 Lymantria monacha Black Arches 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 45
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 19
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 29
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 11
 addition
1452 Phycita roborella 1
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