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.


Friday 3 July 2015

Species List for 2/7/2015

 A much cooler and therefore quieter night. 151 moths of 58 species including one I haven't identifed. Let me know if you can help me out.

The concensus on Facebook Garden Moth Scheme is that my mystery moth is a White Colon, Sideridis turbida. This is a new moth for the site (and me).

 Mystery Moth

  Mystery Moth with Clouded Brindle (if I've got that one right).

 Clouded Brindle (I think)

 Mystery Moth with Sycamore


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 7
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 5
870 Oegoconia quadripuncta 1 NFY
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1063 Celypha striana 3
1165 Zeiraphera isertana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 14
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 2
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1754 Eulithis prunata Phoenix 1 NFY
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 4
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1 NFY
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 4
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4   
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2039 Atolmis rubricollis Red-necked Footman 1
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1 NFY
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 12
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 9
2098 Axylia putris Flame 8
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2152 Sideridis albicolon  White Colon 1 NFS
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1 NFY
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2327 Apamea epomidion Clouded Brindle 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 5
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3

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