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.


Sunday, 20 July 2014

Species List for 19/7/2014

Another damp warm night with a min temp of 18.6 deg C. There were not as many Diamand-backed Moths, but still to many for me to count given the number of other moths. In total were 714 moths of  106 species. 113 micros of 31 species, two new for the year and Trachycera marmorea new for the site. The record of Perinephela lancealis  was only the forth for the site, one in 2006 and two in 2013. Amazingly each of these years also had a record on July 19th! There were 601 macros of 75 species but nothing new for the year.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 2
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 2 NFY
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 0
873 Blastobasis adustella
5
937 Agapeta hamana
1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
994 Clepsis consimilana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
2
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana
10
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 3
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 21
1294 Crambus pascuella
2
1302 Crambus perlella
2
1304 Agriphila straminella
18
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
4
1344 Eudonia mercurella
1
1361 Pyrausta aurata
2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 8
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 6
1377 Perinephela lancealis
1 NFY
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
4
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1440 Trachycera marmorea
1 NFS
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella
1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 10
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 4
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 9
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 55
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1839 Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 2
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 4
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 6
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 61
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 24
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 5
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 18
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 11
2098 Axylia putris Flame 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 54
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 15
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 19
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 8
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2167 Hadena perplexa Tawny Shears 1
2183 Orthosia miniosa Blossom Underwing 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 12
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 3
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 7
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 6
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 4
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 69
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 44
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 36
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 18
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2
2492 Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 1
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