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 20 July 2022

Species List for 19/07/2022

 A lot different to yesterday. At 8 am. yesterday my outside thermomenter in the shade was at 31.5 deg. C., today it was 18 deg C. Thererfore not so many moths and they were much easier to handle. There were 344 moths of about 86 species with seven NFY. A Dewick's Plusia was the was the forth her and the earliest by nine weeks. Webb's Wainscot was the fourth and follows the trend of wandering Wainscots late in the season.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

428

Yponomeuta rorrella

Willow Ermine

1

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

2

642

Batia unitella

1

873

Blastobasis adustella

3

977

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

2

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6

1010

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1

1042

Acleris rhombana

Rhomboid Tortrix

1

NFY

1063

Celypha striana

2

1205

Spilonota ocellana

Bud Moth

1

1261

Cydia pomonella

Codling Moth

1

1293

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

16

1302

Crambus perlella

5

1304

Agriphila straminella

10

1343

Eudonia delunella

1

NFY

1361

Pyrausta aurata

1

1375

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn Borer

11

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

4

1398

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

2

1409a

Diaphania perspectalis

Boxworm

1

1424

Endotricha flammealis

1

1428

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1

1441

Oncocera semirubella

2

1637

Lasiocampa quercus

Oak Eggar

1

1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1

1673

Hemistola chrysoprasaria

Small Emerald

1

1699

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

7

1708

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1

1713

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

5

1739

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1

1813

Eupithecia haworthiata

Haworth's Pug

2

1825

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2

1835

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

1912

Ennomos quercinaria

August Thorn

1

1917

Selenia dentaria

Early Thorn

1

1921

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

5

1922

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

1991

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1

2029

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1

2030

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1

2044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

1

2047

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

2

2049

Eilema depressa

Buff Footman

1

2050

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

17

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

4

2064

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

3

2067

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Jersey Tiger

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

4

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

6

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

25

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

10

2110

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3

2110a

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

6

2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

11

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2

2145

Discestra trifolii

Nutmeg

2

2159

Lacanobia suasa

Dog's Tooth

1

NFY

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3

2193

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

2

2198

Mythimna impura

Smoky Wainscot

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2216

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1

2279

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

2

2284x

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

3

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

5

2295

Cryphia muralis

Marbled Green

1

2297

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1

2318

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

2

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

27

2335

Apamea scolopacina

Slender Brindle

1

NFY

2341

Mesoligia furuncula

Cloaked Minor

3

2343x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

19

2352

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

13

2373

Archanara sparganii

Webb's Wainscot

1

NFY

2381

Hoplodrina alsines

Uncertain

24

2382

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

12

2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2436

Macdunnoughia confusa

Dewick's Plusia

1

NFY

2439

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

2

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

 

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