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 30 May 2018

Species List for 28/05/2018 - Revised.

Another good number of species, eventually 56 after the micros wereidentified, and 177 individuals with 15 NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 4
140 Nematopogon swammerdamella 1 NFY
216 Nemapogon cloacella Cork Moth 1 NFY
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
714 Agonopterix yeatiana 1 NFY
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 13
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 2
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 5
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1 NFY
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1 NFY
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 3
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1   
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 4
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 2
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 48
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1 NFY
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2 NFY
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1 NFY
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1 NFY
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 4
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 12
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 9
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1 NFY

 Nematopogon swammerdamella

Cork Moth


Agonopterix yeatiana

Blastobasis lacticolella,


Common Carpet

Small Waved Umber

 Flame

Large yellow Underwing

Small Square-spot

White-point

Sycamore

 Gold Spot

Straw Dot
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