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.


Monday 19 June 2023

Species List for 18/06/2023

 Another warm night, with the wind moving to a gentle WSW breeze for a while. There were 205 moths of 57 species and 11 NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

3


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

4


31.001

Carcina quercana


1

NFY

49.025

Pandemis cerasana

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

9


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

10


49.138

Cochylis molliculana


1


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana

2


49.180

Piniphila bifasciana

1

NFY

49.186

Endothenia gentianaeana

1

NFY

62.028

Dioryctria abietella


1


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1


63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

1

NFY

63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

10


63.088

Crambus perlella

a moth

1


65.010

Tethea ocularis

Figure of Eighty

1


69.001

Mimas tiliae

Lime Hawk-moth

1

NFY

69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

9


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1

NFY

70.051

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

1

NFY

70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.176

Eupithecia intricata

Freyer's Pug

1


70.212

Macaria alternata

Sharp-angled Peacock

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

5


70.268

Hypomecis punctinalis

Pale Oak Beauty

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


71.012

Notodonta dromedarius

Iron Prominent

1

NFY

71.020

Pterostoma palpina

Pale Prominent

2


71.022

Ptilodon cucullina

Maple Prominent

1

NFY

72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

3


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1

NFY

73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

9


73.157

Apamea anceps

Large Nutmeg

1

NFY

73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

6


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.174X

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

4


73.176

Oligia fasciuncula

Middle-barred Minor

1


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

5


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

47


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

16


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

11


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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