Species List for 19/05/2020

67 moths of 20 species, two NFY, a stunning Small Elephant Hawk-moth and a Large Nutmeg.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	6
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	2
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	11
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	2
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	4
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	13
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2333	Apamea anceps	Large Nutmeg	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	12
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1

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 Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Large Nutmeg

Spectacle

Species List for 22/5/2019

A bit quieter with 44 moths of 20 species, but with a new moth for the site (NFS) a Dwarf Pug, and four more NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	6
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		1
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1	NFY
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1857	Eupithecia tantillaria	Dwarf Pug	1	NFS
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1	NFY
2003	Notodonta ziczac	Pebble Prominent	1
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	2
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	2
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	6
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	1	NFY
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2243	Xylocampa areola	Early Grey	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1	NFY
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	11
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	3
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1

Dwarf Pug

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

Species List for 17/06/2018

The night started quite windy and finished foggy and drizzly, not a recipe for a good moth catch, and so it turned out. !79 moths of  29 species was a sizeable drop compared to the rest of the week.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	2
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	3
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	2
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	1
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	25
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	78
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	2
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	26
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	6
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2216	Cucullia umbratica	Shark	1
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	9
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	3
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	2
2434	Diachrysia chrysitis	Burnished Brass	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	2

 Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Elephant Hawk-moth

Shark

Burnished Brass

Species List for 27/05/2018

Things are beginning to pick up. 195 moths of 52 species including 14 NFY. Best were White Spot, that has a very restricted range and Beautiful Hook-tip, which is quite a local species.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	3
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	9
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	4
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	24
1033	Tortrix viridana	Green Oak Tortrix	1
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		3
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		2
1342	Eudonia angustea		1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	1
1648	Drepana falcataria	Pebble Hook-tip	1
1651	Cilix glaucata	Chinese Character	3
1654	Tethea ocularis	Figure of Eighty	1	NFY
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	3
1728	Xanthorhoe fluctuata	Garden Carpet	2
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	3
1819	Eupithecia exiguata	Mottled Pug	2
1823	Eupithecia venosata	Netted Pug	1	NFY
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1	NFY
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	15
1893	Macaria liturata	Tawny-barred Angle	1	NFY
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	19
1920	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1	NFY
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1
1957	Lomographa bimaculata	White-pinion Spotted	1	NFY
1958	Lomographa temerata	Clouded Silver	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	3	NFY
1980	Smerinthus ocellata	Eyed Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1	NFY
1994	Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	1
2007	Pheosia tremula	Swallow Prominent	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	4
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	5
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	7
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	6
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	23
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	8
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	3
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	2
2172	Hadena albimacula	White Spot	1	NFY
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	5	NFY
2291	Craniophora ligustri	Coronet	1	NFY
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	1	NFY
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	3
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	1
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	7
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	1
2473	Laspeyria flexula	Beautiful Hook-tip	1	NFY

Pale Tussock, melanic form.

Eyed Hawk-moth

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Light Emerald

Common Wainscot

Dark Arches

Figure of Eighty

Orange Footman

Beautiful Hook-tip

White Spot

 Tawny-barred Angle

 Pebble Hook-tip

White-pinion Spotted

Coronet

The Pine Gardens - St Margaret's Bay a first Mothing Session 25/5/2018

Following up a contact from the gardens to the Kent Moth Group, Nigel Jarman and I had our first mothing session at the Garden on Friday 25th. We ran four MV traps until midnight, and also did a bit of netting in the gardens just before dark. We didn't record numbers but just the presence of species. The list isn't huge, but it is still May. There are a couple of micros to be identified and I will add these later. The plume, Adaina microdactyla, was new to me.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	present
216	Nemapogon cloacella	Cork Moth	present
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	present
672	Depressaria heraclei	Parsnip Moth	present
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	present
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		present
1333	Scoparia pyralella		present
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	present
1517	Adaina microdactyla		present
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		present
1682	Timandra comae	Blood-vein	present
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	present
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	present
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	present
1784	Melanthia procellata	Pretty Chalk Carpet	present
1823	Eupithecia venosata	Netted Pug	present
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	present
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	present
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	present
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	present
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	present
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	present
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	present
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	present
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	present
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	present
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	present
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	present
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	present
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	present
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	present
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	present
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	present
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	present
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	present
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	present
2418	Earias clorana	Cream-bordered Green Pea	present
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	present

 A few of the moths from the Pine Gardens

  

 Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Common Quaker, this seemed rather late

  Cream-bordered Green Pea

 Willow Beauty

 Bordered Sallow

 Blood Vein

Species List for 5/6/2015

Fewer moths than yesterday, 45 of 26 species, but some real quality. A striped haw moth was only the second I've caught, the last was on 30/6/2012. Four Bordered Straws in one night is exceptional, making this the third best year have had for this species, after just one catch!

 Striped Hawk-moth

 Bordered Straw

 Iron Prominent

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	1
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	2
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1920	Odontopera bidentata	Scalloped Hazel	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	1
1961	Campaea margaritata	Light Emerald	1
1990	Hyles livornica	Striped Hawk-moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	2
2000	Notodonta dromedarius	Iron Prominent	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	1
2063	Diaphora mendica	Muslin Moth	1
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	4
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	5
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	1
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	1
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	6
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	4
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	1