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 24 July 2014

Species List for 23/7/2014

Still quite warm, min 17.4 deg C, and lots of moths, but mainly the usual suspects. There were five new species for the year. In total 645 moths of 99 species, including 132 micros of 34 species. There should be more but some of the tiny dots elude capture and me identifying them!

 White Line Dart had become annual, albeit in small numbers, although my first did not occur until 2009.

 Four Heralds in one night makes this the year with most records of this moth, featured on the back spine of  "The Field Guide".

Small Purple-barred is quite regular as a day flying moth, particularly down on the old tramway at Langdon. This is only the fifth I've caught in the garden and the first since  2009.



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
453 Ypsolopha dentella Honeysuckle Moth 1 NFY
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1 NFY
462 Ypsolopha sequella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 30
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
787 Bryotropha terrella 4
873 Blastobasis adustella 21
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 4
937 Agapeta hamana 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 1
1201 Eucosma cana 2
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1262 Cydia amplana 1 NFY
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 8
1302 Crambus perlella 5
1304 Agriphila straminella 12
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1357 Evergestis extimalis   1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 2
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1440 Trachycera marmorea 2
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 8
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 6
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 10
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 37
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 3
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 2
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 4
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 15
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 31
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 2
2076 Meganola albula Kent Black Arches 1
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1 NFY
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 15
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 50
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 22
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 50
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 8
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 11
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 6
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 5
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 8
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 4
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 35
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 66
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 22
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 10
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 4
2470 Phytometra viridaria Small Purple-barred 1 NFY
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

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