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.


Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Species List for 15/7/2013

332 Moths of around 84 species including 78 Micros of  78 species. Two Evergestis limbata after a single last night, means that this once rare migrant is probably breeding locally.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 2
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 10
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 8
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 12
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 9
1332 Scoparia subfusca 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 8
1336 Eudonia pallida 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1356a Evergestis limbata 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1474 Ephestia parasitella 1
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla   1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 11
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 6
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 4
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 6
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 6
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 19
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 4
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 3
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 39
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 28
2098 Axylia putris Flame 9
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 5
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 4
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 5
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 12
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 7
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 7
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
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  1. Unknown17 July 2013 at 14:03

    Nice list again Tony.

    Having similar success just a bit inland from you, including my first two Evergestis limbata in the garden last night amongst a haul of over 130 species. So either a bit of an influx going on or you sent your two in my direction!

    Regards

    Dave

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    1. Tony Morris17 July 2013 at 22:57

      I never get to the dizzy hieghts of "over 130 species". I think Limbata is probably established now. Nigel Jarman gets quite a few along at Kingsdown.

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