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, 8 July 2016

Species List for 07/7/2016

A female Ghost Moth was the first of the year.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 5
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 11
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 12
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1417 Pyralis fairnalis Meal Moth 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Brindled Plume 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1  
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 14
2098 Axylia putris Flame 8
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 70
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 5
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2442 Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y 1

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