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, 6 August 2013

Species List for 5/8/2013

Another warmish night with quite windy conditions led to a good catch, with 60m Silver Y's.  A Platytes alpinella may have been a visitor from a local beach or from further afield. All together there were 74 micros of 21 species and 345 macros of 56 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
706 Agonopterix nervosa 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 9
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 6
1260 Cydia splendana 9
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1302 Crambus perlella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 13
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1325 Platytes alpinella 1 NFS
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 4
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1441 Oncocera semirubella 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 28
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 51
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 35
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 5
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 40
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 7
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 4
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 60

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