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.


Monday 6 August 2018

Species List for 05/08/2018

A similar night to last night with 332 moths of about 73 species, and a new Wainscot for the year. The Southern Wainscot was the second I've caught here, the first in 2009. Unfortunately it  decided to fly just as it looked settled for a photo and I failed to retrieve it before it vanished through the window.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 39
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 22
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 12
1361 Pyrausta aurata 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1   
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 5
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 4
1812 Eupithecia inturbata Maple Pug 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 2
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1889 Macaria notata Peacock Moth 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 2
2019 Clostera curtula Chocolate-tip 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 21
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 19
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2197 Mythimna straminea Southern Wainscot 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 49
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 10
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 6
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 15
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 5

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