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.


Showing posts with label Scorched Carpet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scorched Carpet. Show all posts

Monday, 17 July 2017

Species List for 16/07/2017

A lot of moths 714, of about 132 species. culmella, perlella nd straminella were just noted as present and would have probably added a couple of hundred had I had ther inclination to count them.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 4
0425z Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella Yponomeuta malinellus/cagnagella sp. 5
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
658 Carcina quercana 1
672 Depressaria heraclei Parsnip Moth 1
695 Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 49
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
937 Agapeta hamana 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 3
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 10
1183 Epiblema foenella Appe Leaf Miner 1   
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1233 Pammene aurita 3
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer pres
1302 Crambus perlella pres
1304 Agriphila straminella pres
1313 Catoptria pinella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1334a Scoparia basistrigalis 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 8
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 7
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 6
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 15
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 3
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1454a Dioryctria schuetzeella 1
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 2
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 3
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 14
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 11
1705 Idaea fuscovenosa Dwarf Cream Wave 11
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 23
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 41
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 10
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 13
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 7
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 3
2031 Leucoma salicis White Satin 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 8
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 9
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 29
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 14
2098 Axylia putris Flame 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 29
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 21
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 8
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 6
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 5
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2192 Mythimna conigera Brown-line Bright Eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 5
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 4
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 9
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 25
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 66
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 31
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 20
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 5
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 7

  Brown-line Bright Eye

 Broad-barred White

  Common Wainscot

 Scorched Carpet

 Marbled Green

 Epiblema foenella

Friday, 26 August 2016

Species List for 25/8/2016

My second Bulrush Wainscot and sixth Northern Rustic.

 Magpie Moth

Wax Moth 

 |Swallow Prominent

 Maple Prominent

 Bulrush Wainscot

Knot Grass 
This slightly odd specimen had me confused at first, but it seems to be an odd form of  Knot Grass

Coronet 
I don't know why, but the digital camera seems to find much more in the pattern of the Coronet than my eyes do!

 Burnished Brass

 Northern Rustic
A slightly odd name for the lover of coastal sites, from the North, West and a few South and Eastern sites.

Scorched Carpet

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 120
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1262 Cydia amplana 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 4
1305 Agriphila tristella 12
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 18
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 10
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1  
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 2
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 5
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 34
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 4
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 11
2104 Standfussiana lucernea Northern Rustic 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 29
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 13
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 143
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2286 Acronicta menyanthidis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 8
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 18
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

Friday, 12 June 2015

Species List for 11/6/2015

A warm and humid night brought a few more moths. In total there were122 moths of 39 species, several making their first appearances of the year.

 Udea olivalis

 Silver-ground Carpet

  Elephant Hawk-moth


Scorched Carpet


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2 NFY
143 Nematopogon metaxella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 1 NFY
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 14
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1 NFY
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 6
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1 NFY
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 28
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3 NFY
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFY
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1 NFY
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

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