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 12 July 2015

Species List for 11/7/2015

Another warm night, with the same minimum, 16.1 deg C as last night, althopugh the breeze made it feel cooler. 420 moths of 81 species, including a nectaring Hummingbird Hawk-moth. Two more diminutive Small Marbleds, macros that are smaller than many micros. Also one un-indentified pyralid. Thanks to Ben Sale and Steve Nash on FB, the pyralid identified as Anerastia lotella, a new species for the site. New totals 421 moth and 82 species.

 Clouded Brindle

 Small Marbled No1

 Small Marbled No2

Pyralid? -ideas please.



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 6
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 27
1302 Crambus perlella 7
1304 Agriphila straminella 4
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 7
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2 NFY
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 4
1432 Anerastia lotella 1 NFS
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 5
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 16
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 7
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 7
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 10
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 19
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 17
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 12
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 20
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 6
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 11
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5 NFY
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 33
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 51
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 5
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 7
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2408 Eublemma parva Small Marbled 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 15
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 1 NFY
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 4
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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