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 6 July 2014

Species List for 5/7/2014

Unusually for a night during NATIONAL MOTH NIGHT(S) weekend I actually caught quite a few moths, but true to form it was wet and I had a lot of drying out to do. Another warmish night with a minimum temperature of 15.8 deg C, humid and as I said rather damp brought 510 moths of 86 species, 28 of them micros. There was one new micro for the site and altogether ten new species for the year. There seems to have been a bit of an influz of European Corn Borers, I've never before caught double figures in one night.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
425 Yponomeuta padella Orchard Ermine 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 2
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 2
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 3
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 2
1063 Celypha striana 17
1076 Celypha lacunana 2
1201 Eucosma cana 3
1202 Eucosma obumbratana 1 NFY
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1274 Dichrorampha alpinana 1 NFS
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 32
1302 Crambus perlella 6
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 10
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1414 Synaphe punctalis 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1 NFY
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1441 Oncocera semirubella 1 NFY
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1 NFY
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 16
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1 NFY
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1 NFY
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 11
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1 NFY
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 2
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 5
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 8
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 5
1947 Ectropis bistortata Engrailed 3
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1 NFY
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 19
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 31
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 70
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 13
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 10
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 9
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 11
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 6
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 33
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 49
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 10
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 14
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2466 Lygephila pastinum Blackneck 1 NFY
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 4
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 8

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