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 22 June 2015

Species List for 21/6/2015

ANother "OK" night with 122 moths of 42 species. The Poplar Hawk-moth was the first of the year and last of the common ones to arrive.


  Poplar Hawk-moth

 The Poplar Hawk-moth wasn't the largest one I've seen. Here it is with an Elephant Hawk-moth for comparison.

 Varied Coronet

 Freyers Pug

 Foxglove Pug


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
787 Bryotropha terrella 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5   
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 37
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 5
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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