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.


Thursday 21 July 2011

Species List for 20/7/2011

When I reached the fourth of my traps, Black No2, I noticed this wing on the plastic compost bin next to the trap. This wing of a Jersey Tiger, presumably arrived as part of a complete moth, the fifth record for the hidden house. Apart from this it was a much better night with five Dark Sword-grass and two Silver Y's being migrants.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
455 Ypsolopha scabrella
2
658 Carcina quercana
1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella
3
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana
6
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 20
1302 Crambus perlella
5
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
3
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 3
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 5
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 6
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 6
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1 NFY
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 32
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1 NFY
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 5
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 16
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 5
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 7
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3 NFY
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 28
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 10
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

232 Moths of 60 Species, (44 Macro species, 172 moths;16 Micro species, 60 moths).

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