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.


Monday, 15 July 2013

Species List for 13/7/2013

A much busier night, and with the garden opening and things to do I was a bit rushed sorting the four traps out. I suspect a few few Clouded Silvers left without reporting in! At lead I had a fair few species to show people, The Hawk moths were favourites, closely followed by the Buff Tip. As 'mothers' we probably don't appreciate just how fantastic a Buff Tip is to the uninitiated. There were 197 moths of 53 species including 16 micros of six species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1063 Celypha striana 5
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1840 Eupithecia subumbrata Shaded Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 5
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 7
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 5
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 13
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 6
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 31
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 27
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 8
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 4
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2410 Protodeltote pygarga Marbled White Spot 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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