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, 26 June 2016

Species List for 25/6/2016


17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1063 Celypha striana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 10
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4  
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 12
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 24
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 24
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 16
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

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