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.


Saturday 11 July 2015

Species List for 10/7/2015

A big night with 524 moths of 99 species. Best were a Silver Barred and an Obscure Wainscot (if I've got it right). The min temp was 16.1 deg C. making it almost tropical!

 Peach Blossom

 Leopard Moth

 Silver Barred

 Obscure Wainscot

 Small Yellow Wave

 Short-cloaked Moth

 European Corn Borer


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 1 NFY
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
425 Yponomeuta padella Orchard Ermine 1 NFY
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 7
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1201 Eucosma cana 2
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 41
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 5
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 3
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4   
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 1 NFY
1440 Trachycera marmorea 1 NFY
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 1
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1 NFY
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 4
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1 NFY
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 4
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 15
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 4
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 12
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 4
1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 2 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 9
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 7
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 14
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 39
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 3 NFY
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 18
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 31
2098 Axylia putris Flame 32
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2 NFY
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 6
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1 NFY
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 17
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2204 Mythimna obsoleta Obscure Wainscot 1 NFY
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 32
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 26
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 4
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2413 Deltote bankiana Silver Barred 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 9
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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