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.


Thursday 15 June 2023

Species List for 14/06/2023

 After yesterdays surprise rarity there was nothing as spectacular, but it was good to see a Rannoch Looper, After two in 2009, six in 2010 and 12 in 2010 it seemed we had gained a new regular June moth, but there were no more until last night. I  all there were 167 moths of 41 species and four NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

4


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

4


28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

8


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

9


49.161

Celypha striana


2


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.072

Eudonia delunella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

2


70.009

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

1


70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1

NFY

70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

4


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.217

Macaria brunneata

Rannoch Looper

1

NFY

70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


71.007

Furcula bifida

Poplar Kitten

1

NFY

72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

8


73.047

Craniophora ligustri

Coronet

1

NFY

73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

7


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

6


73.174x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

8


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

1


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

6


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

29


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

10


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

15


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

6


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