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.


Friday 3 August 2018

Species List for 02/08/2018

A very warm and uncomfortable morning, with the moths very jumpy. A Golden Twin-spot, a good migrant, the forth I've had here, the other three were in 2014. In total 413 moths of 93 species ( not including a few numerous micros recorded as present).

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth present
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 5
873 Blastobasis adustella present
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth present
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1233 Pammene aurita 6
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1262 Cydia amplana 1
1304 Agriphila straminella present
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella present
1361 Pyrausta aurata 6
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 6
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 8
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1   
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 8
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 6
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 5
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 3
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 25
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 11
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 29
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 13
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 9
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 49
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2211 Cucullia absinthii Wormwood 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 3
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 8
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 6
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 62
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 6
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 4
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 1 NFY
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 32


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