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 6 July 2017

Species List for 05/07/2017

A new moth for the site, but one that I didn't recognise. I sent the picture to my grandson Jack, who told me correctly it was a Green Arches. I mistakenly thought that a Green Arches would be green, but like so many green moths the colour fades rapidly in bright light. It made a good role reversal, and is gratifying to see how knowledgeable he has become. In total there were 379 moths of about 88 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 3
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 5
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1292 Calamotropha paludella 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 53
1294 Crambus pascuella 3
1302 Crambus perlella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 8
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1   
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 3
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 4
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 7
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 4
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 5
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 27
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 14
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 8
2138 Anaplectoides prasina Green Arches 1 NFS
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 8
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 36
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2323 Apamea sublustris Reddish Light Arches 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 15
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 6
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

A rather tatty Green Arches.

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