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.


Saturday 10 August 2013

Species List for 8/8/2013

The first night of National Moth Night (8th, 9th and 10th August) so almost inevitably a quieter night.Still quite a few Diamond Back Moth, present in all traps but not counted. Micros 50 moths, 19 species; Macros, 225 moths, 41 species.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth present
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 3
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 3
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1305 Agriphila tristella 16
1344 Eudonia mercurella 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 3
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 13
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 8
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 18
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 20
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 36
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 6
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 8
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 41
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

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