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, 19 July 2013

Species List for 18/7/2013

A coolish, bright night. 182 Moths of 56 species including  42 micros of 11 species. Best moths were a Blackneck and a stunningly fresh Swallow-tailed Moth.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1063 Celypha striana 11
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 19
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 7
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 2
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 5
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 20
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 16
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 3
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 17
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 2
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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