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.


Wednesday 12 August 2015

Species List for 7/8/2015

387 moths of around 86 species including the first Ni Moth of the year and my fourth ever, the last two being in 2009, and the first in 2006. Six Langmaid's Yellow Underwings was also noteworthy.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella
25
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana
7
1259 Cydia fagiglandana
1
1260 Cydia splendana
2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 6
1302 Crambus perlella
6
1303 Agriphila selasella
1
1304 Agriphila straminella
7
1305 Agriphila tristella
7
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1344 Eudonia mercurella
6
1357 Evergestis extimalis
1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 8
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1   
1424 Endotricha flammealis
6
1439 Trachycera advenella
3
1444 Pempelia obductella
1
1445 Pempelia formosa
1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 5
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 11
1732 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 4
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 7
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 40
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 6
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 9
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 65
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 8
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 18
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 3
2432 Trichoplusia ni Ni Moth 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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