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.


Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Species List for 27/05/2018

Things are beginning to pick up. 195 moths of 52 species including 14 NFY. Best were White Spot, that has a very restricted range and Beautiful Hook-tip, which is quite a local species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 3
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 24
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 3
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 3
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1 NFY
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 3
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 2
1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1   
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 15
1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 19
1920 Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 1 NFY
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1
1957 Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion Spotted 1 NFY
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3 NFY
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 4
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 5
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 7
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 23
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 8
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 2
2172 Hadena albimacula White Spot 1 NFY
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 5 NFY
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1 NFY
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1 NFY
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 1 NFY

Pale Tussock, melanic form.

Eyed Hawk-moth

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Light Emerald

Common Wainscot

Dark Arches

Figure of Eighty

Orange Footman

Beautiful Hook-tip

White Spot

 Tawny-barred Angle

 Pebble Hook-tip

White-pinion Spotted
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