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, 27 July 2014

Species List for 26/7/2013

A total of 675 moths of 99 species, including 215 micro moths of 36 species. It was a warm night with a minimum temp of 18.1 deg C.

 Tree-lichen Beauty

 Chocolate-tip

Agapeta zoegana


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
389 Choreutis pariana Apple Leaf Skeletoniser 1 NFS
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 5
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 21
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 1
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
787 Bryotropha terrella 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 60
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 2
938 Agapeta zoegana 1 NFY
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
973 Pandemis dumetana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 17
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 3
1063 Celypha striana 3
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1260 Cydia splendana 10
1262 Cydia amplana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 6
1302 Crambus perlella 12
1304 Agriphila straminella 28
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1344 Eudonia mercurella 7
1361 Pyrausta aurata 3
1363 Pyrausta ostrinalis 1 NFY
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 3
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 5
1441 Oncocera semirubella 2
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 1
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 3
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 2
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 11
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 5
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 47
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1 NFY
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2019 Clostera curtula Chocolate-tip 1 NFY
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 8
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 7
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 2
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 23
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 7
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 36
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 18
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 68
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 3
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 5
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 9
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 4
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 9
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 5
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1 NFY
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 13
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 24
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 51
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 3
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 9
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 12
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 16
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

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