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 June 2021

Species List for 29/06/2021

A bit down on the previous night, but still quite busy with 348 moths of 61 species and four NFY. The Portland Ribbon Wave was the third for the site.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

17

Hepialus lupulinus

Common Swift

8

647

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House Moth

1

874

Blastobasis lacticolella

3

977

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1

NFY

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

1011

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

1

1063

Celypha striana

6

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

2

1083

Hedya nubiferana

Marbled Orchard Tortrix

1

1293

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

38

1301

Crambus lathoniellus

1

1302

Crambus perlella

2

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

4

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1

1454

Dioryctria abietella

4

1458

Myelois circumvoluta

Thistle Ermine

1

1481

Homoeosoma sinuella

1

1653

Habrosyne pyritoides

Buff Arches

1

NFY

1699

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

1

NFY

1711

Idaea trigeminata

Treble Brown Spot

1

1713

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

2

1714

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1

NFY

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1

1765

Cidaria fulvata

Barred Yellow

2

1825

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2

1944

Hypomecis punctinalis

Pale Oak Beauty

1

1958

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

3

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1

1991

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

2

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2

2043

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1

2050

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

3

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

7

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

55

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

73

2098

Axylia putris

Flame

1

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

7

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

20

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

4

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

7

2202

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1

2216

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1





2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

16

2330

Apamea remissa

Dusky Brocade

1

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

5

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

1

2381

Hoplodrina alsines

Uncertain

4

2382

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

3

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

13

2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

12

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

2449

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1

 One more that I missed.

2145

Discestra trifolii

Nutmeg                                                        1



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