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.


Monday, 3 August 2015

Species List for 2/8/2015

A slightly better night with 305 moths for about 78 species. Two Platytes alpinella were the second and third for the site.

 Platytes alpinella


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
426 Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
658 Carcina quercana
1
873 Blastobasis adustella
10
937 Agapeta hamana
1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1260 Cydia splendana
11
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella
3
1304 Agriphila straminella
10
1325 Platytes alpinella
2 NFY
1334 Scoparia ambigualis
1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
4
1344 Eudonia mercurella
5
1361 Pyrausta aurata
1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata
1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis
1
1424 Endotricha flammealis
2
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1   
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1470 Euzophera pinguis
3
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 5
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 7
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 2
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 6
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 20
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 4
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 62
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 21
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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