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.


Sunday, 21 June 2015

Species List for 20/6/2015

130 moths of 40 species,with two new for the year. Migtants were singles of Diamond-back Moth, Rush Veneer and Bordered Straw (19th of the year) and two Silver Y's.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 9
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 10
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 38
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2443 Autographa jota Plain Golden Y 1 NFY

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Species List for 19/6/2015

A good day, with an extra trap. I remade asmall trap for Pam's vegetable garden, by the green house. A Heath Robinson affair but it had a few moths including my first Pine Hawk-moth of the year. In total there were 190 moths of 63 Species. Migrants were single Diamond-back Moth, Rush Veneer, Small Mottled Willow and Bordered Straw and two Silver Y's.


The electrics, in an old sandwich box, were found in an old striplight, left in my garage, its a 75W choke, and runs 80W MV lamps fine. All else was found lying around in the garage. Total cost £3 for the lamp.
 Pine Hawk-moth

 Marbled Coronet

Lime Hawk-moth


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 9
419 Argyresthia semifusca 1 NFS
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1063 Celypha striana 4
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 5
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1 NFY
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1752 Cosmorhoe ocellata Purple Bar 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 5
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 3 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 14
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1 NFY
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 52
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 7
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 5
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 2 NFY
2171 Hadena confusa Marbled Coronet 1 NFY
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1 NFY
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 6
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1 NFY
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1 NFY
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

Friday, 19 June 2015

SPecies List for 18/6/2015

A bit down on yesterdays totals with 105 moths of 38 species. Three new for the year including only my sixth Small Angle Shades. A Bordered Straw was a migrant and a White-point was a possibly.

  Spectacle

  Spectacle

 Flame

 Riband Wave

  Small Angle Shades

  Small Angle Shades
 
 Bee Moth

 Pale Tussock

Tort?


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 5
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1063 Celypha striana 3
1076 Celypha lacunana 1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1 NFY
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 21
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 5
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2305 Euplexia lucipara Small Angle Shades 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Species List for 17/6/2015

Numbers wise this was the best night of the year with 172 moths of 41 species. The third Striped Hawk-moth of the year was the high light, although there were another 11 new moths for the year.

Three different Burnished Brass, but the camera never does justice to this "metallic" moth.





Thew first Clouded Border of the year.

Two more Bordered Straws brought the total to 16 this year. 22 in 2006 is the most for a year so this could be a new recordina couple of weeks.

 Orange Footman

Common Footman
The first two footman of the year, but I expect many more will follow.

The star of the show, a third Striped Hawk-moth for the year.



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 5
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2 NFY
937 Agapeta hamana 1 NFY
994 Clepsis consimilana 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 14
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 NFY
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1294 Crambus pascuella 1 NFY
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1 NFY
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1 NFY
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1 NFY
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1 NFY
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1990 Hyles livornica Striped Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1 NFY
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1 NFY
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 60
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 23
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 9
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2403 Heliothis peltigera Bordered Straw 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 3
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Species List for 16/6/2015

75 moths of 26 species. One migrant, a single Rush Veneer, and  four new for the year.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1 NFY
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1 NFY
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1 NFY
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 26
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1

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