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.


Saturday 4 August 2018

Species List for 03/08/2018

A second Golden Twin-spot was the best of the night. There were 617 moths of around 94 species. Straw Underwing was NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0425x Yponomeuta padella/malinellus 5
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth present
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
658 Carcina quercana 2
873 Blastobasis adustella present
1260 Cydia splendana 6
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1262 Cydia amplana 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1304 Agriphila straminella present
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella present
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 3
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 6
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
1425 Galleria mellonella Wax Moth 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1438 Trachycera suavella 1   
1439 Trachycera advenella 4
1470 Euzophera pinguis 3
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 6
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 8
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 4
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 8
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1812 Eupithecia inturbata Maple Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 2
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 14
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 14
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2051 Lithosia quadra Four-spotted Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 12
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 16
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 43
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 13
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 71
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 5
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 5
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1 NFY
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 153
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 11
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 5
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2385 Spodoptera exigua Small Mottled Willow 1
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 70
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 3
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 3

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