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.


Saturday 29 June 2019

Species List for 28/6/2019

A much warmer day and mild night brought a better night with 409 moths of about 76 species. I'm having the usual struggle with Uncertain and Rustic. The first Common Footman and Fanfoot were NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 26
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 2
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 10
1063 Celypha striana 2
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 21
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 5
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1454 Dioryctria abietella 2   
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1465 Nephopterix angustella 1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 2
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1771a Thera cupressata Cypress Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1889 Macaria notata Peacock Moth 1
1904 Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1 NFY
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 47
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 80
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 40
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 29
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 17
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 6
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 10
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1 NFY
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