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 3 September 2013

Species List For 2/9/2013

Another night with lots of moths but mainly just a few common species. 42 micro moths of 12 species and 459 macro moths of 46 species. Some nice Feathered Gothics, another Jersey Tiger and a fresh Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing were the mosy eye catching.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 4
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 20
1316 Catoptria falsella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 3
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 3
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1838 Eupithecia icterata Tawny Speckled Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 24
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 8
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 16
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 8
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 50
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 34
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 142
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 23
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 6
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 6
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 4
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 47
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 22
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

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