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 10 August 2018

Species List for 09/08/2018

The change in weather was reflected in the drop in moth numbers. There were just 182 moths of 35 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 6
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 7
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 4
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 22
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2   
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 20
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 25
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 9
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 10
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 18
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 13
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 3
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