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.


Monday, 9 June 2014

Species List for 8/6/2014

Another good night. After a warm day the min temp was 15.7 deg C. There were 385 moths of 78 species, 21 micros and 57 macros. Two new species of micro for the sight and a further six new micros and five new macros for the year. There are still a couple under consideration.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
951 Aethes beatricella 1 NFS
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 39
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1 NFY
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2 NFY
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 15
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1 NFY
1063 Celypha striana 2
1133 Epinotia bilunana 1 NFS
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 3
1333 Scoparia pyralella 2
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1356a Evergestis limbata 1 NFY
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1 NFY
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1 NFY
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 7
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 2
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 2
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 10
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 128
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 22
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1 NFY
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2171 Hadena confusa Marbled Coronet 1 NFY
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2333 Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg 1 NFY
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 8
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 16
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 11
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2418 Earias clorana Cream-bordered Green Pea 1 NFY
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

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