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 25 July 2018

Species List for 24/07/2018

Another good night with 850+ moths of about 140 species. We decided not to count Diamond backs and the three commonest grass moths. A difficult decision for an obsessive counter like me. Another new macro for the site was a Twin-spotted Wainscot, although the reeds round my pond hardly constitute a reed-bed. Once again the total was enhanced by Jack's work on the micros, that reached an amazing 49 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
263 Lyonetia clerkella Apple Leaf Miner 1
411 Argyresthia goedartella 1
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 8
428 Yponomeuta rorrella Willow Ermine 2
462 Ypsolopha sequella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth present
472 Digitivalva pulicariae 2
642 Batia unitella 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 8
658 Carcina quercana 6
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 22
1016 Cnephasia longana 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 10
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 2   
1113 Eudemis profundana 1
1138 Epinotia nisella 1
1219 Lathronympha strigana 1
1260 Cydia splendana 7
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 3
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer present
1302 Crambus perlella present
1304 Agriphila straminella present
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 9
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 12
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 5
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 2
1390 Udea prunalis 1
1399 Dolicharthria punctalis 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 5
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 5
1424 Endotricha flammealis 24
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1
1439 Trachycera advenella 12
1441 Oncocera semirubella 1
1443 Pempelia genistella 1
1444 Pempelia obductella 2
1454b Dioryctria sylvestrella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 2
1495 Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 1
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1648 Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 11
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1669 Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald 2
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 3
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 4
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 33
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 19
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 46
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 6
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 3
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 2
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 3
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1832 Eupithecia assimilata Currant Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 6
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 17
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 2
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 2
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 2
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 8
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 3
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 11
2057 Arctia caja Garden Tiger 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 9
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 5
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 30
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 23
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 47
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 9
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 5
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 6
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 4
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 6
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2312 Ipimorpha subtusa Olive 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 21
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2335 Apamea scolopacina Slender Brindle 1
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 8
2342 Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 65
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 8
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2370 Archanara geminipuncta Twin-spotted Wainscot 1 NFS
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 42
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 6
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 15
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2422 Pseudoips prasinana Green Silver-lines 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 83
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1
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