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.


Friday 10 August 2012

Species List for 9/8/2012

Another warm and productive night, but only a stunning Gold-spot was new for the year. 268 moths of 78 species. 65 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow-underwings but not a sign of a Langmaid's (jathina), the last was on 1/8/2012.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella   1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta   1
873 Blastobasis adustella   7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella   1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana   2
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana   1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1304 Agriphila straminella   6
1305 Agriphila tristella   6
1344 Eudonia mercurella   1
1361 Pyrausta aurata   1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis   1
1439 Trachycera advenella   2
1483 Phycitodes binaevella   1
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 4
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 14
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 4
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 16
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 65
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 4
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 8
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 17
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 12

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