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.


Wednesday 6 August 2003

Species List for 5/8/2003


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1304 Agriphila straminella 0 2
1305 Agriphila tristella 0 4
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 5
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 0 1
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis Large Tabby 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 7
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 6
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 43
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 18
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6

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