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.


Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Species list for 30/7/2013

53 micros of 11 species including the first Gymnancyla canella for the site. This beach loving species seems to have wandered a few hundred metres inland. 145 macros of around 40 species, with a sixth record of Pine Hawk-moth for the site.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2382 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1063 Celypha striana 6
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 17
1302 Crambus perlella 8
1304 Agriphila straminella 10
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1464 Gymnancyla canella 1 NFS
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1978 Hyloicus pinastri Pine Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 51
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 12
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 9
2381x Hoplodrina sp. Hoplodrina species 2
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
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