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 20 July 2015

Species List for 19/7/2015

317 moths of around 74 speices with nothing particularly special, was slightly disappointing as I had high hopes of some more unusual migrants. I did in fact get a new species today, when Ross Newham pointed out that the wave I caught on 15/7/15 was in fact a Sub-angled Wave, quite a scarce species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
425 Yponomeuta padella Orchard Ermine 1
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
658 Carcina quercana 1
0870x Oegoconia sp. An Oegoconia species 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1063 Celypha striana 9
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 24
1302 Crambus perlella 6
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 4
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1390 Udea prunalis 1 NFY
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1 NFY
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2   
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 4
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 9
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 4
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 11
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 17
2098 Axylia putris Flame 7
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 16
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2314 Parastichtis ypsillon Dingy Shears 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 21
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2326 Apamea crenata Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 46
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 22
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 12
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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