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, 3 August 2014

Species List for 2/8/2014

It felt decidedly chilly this morning, the temperature was still at them minimum of 14.5 deg. C, warm in April, but decidedly not so in August.There were 274 moths of 64 speices, the best migrant was another Cydia amplana and new for the year were Connon Wave, Dusky Thorn and Phoenix.

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, showing the dark and "dirty" looking the underside of the wings.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana 1
787 Bryotropha terrella 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 37
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 3
1260 Cydia splendana 3
1262 Cydia amplana 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1 NFY
1304 Agriphila straminella 10
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 7
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1 NFY
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 1 NFY
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 6
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 14
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 9
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 36
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 10
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 41
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 8

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