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, 29 July 2012

Species List for 27/7/12

278 moths of 80 species. The forecast was for a dry night, so I was surpised to be woken up by the sound of torrential rain at 1.30 a.m. Despite getting soaked I turned of the, thankfully, still working black lights and portected the MV and Actinic. No damage dome, just a bit of drying out and a very late night/early morning snifter to warm up my wet and cold cockles.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 2
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 5
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 9
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
787 Bryotropha terrella 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 5
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 3
1063 Celypha striana 6
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 14
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 4
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 10
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 5
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 32
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 6
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1 NFY
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 9
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 5
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 19
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 13
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1 NFY
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 8
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 8
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
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