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 14/7/2013

Predictably the day after our Garden Safari Weekend it was the biggest moth night of the year. A relaxing day enabled be to have a good loom at some of the micros that I didn't know. As well as three new tortrix species there a Common Lutestring  was also new for the site. Altogether there were 356 moths of about 89 species including 90 micros of 32 species. Of course Privet and Lime Hawk-Moths turned up, a day too late to have a starring role.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 9
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
973 Pandemis dumetana 1 NFS
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 16
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 2
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 2
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1079 Piniphila bifasciana 1
1082 Hedya pruniana Plum Tortrix 1
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1168 Gypsonoma sociana 1 NFS
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1 NFS
1201 Eucosma cana 3
1202 Eucosma obumbratana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 23
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 6
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 12
1657 Ochropacha duplaris Common Lutestring 1 NFS
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1808 Perizoma flavofasciata Sandy Carpet 1
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1840 Eupithecia subumbrata Shaded Pug 1
1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 5
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 6
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 11
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 21
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 6
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 9
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 3
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 34
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 38
2098 Axylia putris Flame 13
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 11
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 5
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 7
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 4
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3

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