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 15 July 2023

Species List for 14/07/2023

 The relatively exposed nature of the garden means that windy nights do not do very well, and last night was no exception. It was good to see an obductella, very much a Kent speciality, but a  Dusky Sallow is a reminder tat Autumn won't be long. There were 241 moths of about 48 species with just the two NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


2


62.013

Moitrelia obductella


1

NFY

62.042

Myelois circumvoluta

Thistle Ermine

1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


3


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

9


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

13


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.007

Sphinx pinastri

Pine Hawk-moth

1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

6


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

6


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

3


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

2


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

3


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.009

Leucoma salicis

White Satin

1


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

5


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

33


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

23


73.039

Acronicta aceris

Sycamore

1


73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

4


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

12


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

7


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

1

NFY

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

19


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1


73.179

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

12


73.217

Cosmia pyralina

Lunar-spotted Pinion

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

18


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

16


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

5


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

3


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

9


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