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, 28 August 2016

Species List for 27/8/2016

It's Autumn, it's yellow!

Yellow Shell

Brimstone Moth

Brimstone Moth

Dusky Thorn


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 10
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 5
936 Cochylimorpha straminea 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 81
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 4
1262 Cydia amplana 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 4
1305 Agriphila tristella 4
1309 Agriphila geniculea 9
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 18
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 15  
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Beautiful Plume 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 4
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 2
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 31
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 7
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 11
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 27
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 13
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 159
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 12
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 12
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 22
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 44
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

The following were added to the list after identification: Cochylimorpha straminea, Gracillaria syringella, Epermenia falciformis, Zeiraphera griseana
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