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 9 July 2015

Species List for 8/7/2015

It was coolish last night, down to 10.9 deg C, although it felt colder to me.Still 211 moths of 57 species. Coleophora trifoliiwas new to the site.

 Coleophora trifolii (Large Clover Case-bearer)

 Maple |Prominent

Ghost Moth
L-album Wainscot


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
516 Coleophora trifolii Large Clover Case-bearer 1 NFS
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1063 Celypha striana 2
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 5
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 6   
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 13
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 16
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 17
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 15
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 NFY
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 9
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

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