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.


Thursday 16 July 2015

Species List for 15/7/2015

A total of 598 moths of around 113 species kept me busy for a while. It's always good to have aclose look ata resting Hummingbird Hawk-moth, surprisingly in the front gardeb actinic trap, well away from where one's been nectaring for a few days.
Up date. Ross Newham has pointed out that the Wave is in fact a Sub-angled Wave. A new Species for me and the site.

Sub-angled Wave

 Marbled Green

 Cochylis pallidana

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth

 Humming-bird Hawk-moth, sat on the paint brush for a few minutes and then flew off.

 Small Emerald

 Common Emerald

 Bordered Straw-  a record year

 Rosy Footman

 Festoon

 Magpie
 Marbled White Spot

 Cnephasia longana


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 2
161 Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth 1
173 Apoda limacodes Festoon 1 NFY
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1 NFY
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella
1
967 Cochylis pallidana
1 NFY
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus
1
1016 Cnephasia longana
1 NFY
1063 Celypha striana
9
1076 Celypha lacunana
1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1177 Epiblema rosaecolana
1
1201 Eucosma cana
1
1202 Eucosma obumbratana
1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 29
1294 Crambus pascuella
3
1302 Crambus perlella
17
1304 Agriphila straminella
3   
1333 Scoparia pyralella
1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
5
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
4
1344 Eudonia mercurella
1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 3
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
2
1424 Endotricha flammealis
2
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1441 Oncocera semirubella
1 NFY
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
5
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 8
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 2
1693 Scopula nigropunctata Sub-angled Wave 1 NFS
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 6
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 6
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 8
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 9
1876 Hydrelia flammeolaria Small Yellow Wave 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 5
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1 NFY
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 26
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 9
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 3
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 24
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 34
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 31
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 13
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 7
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2319 Cosmia pyralina Lunar-spotted Pinion 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 41
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 53
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 7
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 17
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 12
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 20
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 9
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2408 Eublemma parva Small Marbled 1
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 8
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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