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 25 June 2017

Species List for 24/06/2017 Updated

A surprise species for the garden last night was a Great Oak Beauty. The only previous possible was so worn I  wasn't sure. It looks like I'm wrong again. Certainly it was big, 61mm wing span, but my expert help has indicated it is a pale Oak Beauty, so I am still waiting! List below corrected.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 3
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 7
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 50
1302 Crambus perlella 5
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4   
1498 Amblyptilia punctidactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 8
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 5
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 15
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 18
2098 Axylia putris Flame 9
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 7
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 18
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 11
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 6
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 4
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1



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