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.


Thursday 5 September 2013

Species List for 4/9/2013

Almost a record number of moths for a night at the Hidden House and a new species, with only the 19th August 2009 with more moths . There were 54 micro moths from 15 species and 757 species of macro moths, plus the Hummingbird Hawk-moth that was nectaring in the day time. As predicted Setaceous Hebrew Characters have reached the proportions of a plague with 312 moths (438 on 19/8/2009)! The Bulrush Wainscot was new for the site.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 12
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 2
1309 Agriphila geniculea 22
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 6
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 5
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 30
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 9
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 6
1984 Macroglossum stellatarum Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 14
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 9
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 70
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 36
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 312
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 63
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 10
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2167 Hadena perplexa Tawny Shears 1
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 6
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 15
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 4
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 10
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 6
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 37
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 5
2369 Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot 1 NFS
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 42
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 7
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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