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.


Sunday, 7 September 2014

Species List for 6/9/2014

A total of 490 moths of species. Good to see a frest L-album Wainscot and another Old Lady. A Humming-bird Hawk-Moth was roosting on the indide of the trap even though I haven't seen one round the garden since June.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1305 Agriphila tristella 2
1309 Agriphila geniculea   3
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 12
1911 Ennomos autumnaria Large Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 7
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 135
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 212
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 20
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 15
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 9
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