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.


Tuesday 3 July 2018

Species List for 02/07/2018

Another very warm day, fllowed by a warm, clear but sightly breezy night brought a good number of moths, but none of the hoped for rare migrants. In total there were 393 moths of around 78 species, with two NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 5
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 17
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 5
1175 Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth 1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 23
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1302 Crambus perlella 6
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1356a Evergestis limbata 1   
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 3
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 2
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 14
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1 NFY
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 2 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 20
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 37
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 29
2098 Axylia putris Flame 14
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 21
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 5
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 35
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 3
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 15
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 14
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 14
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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