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, 22 May 2019

Species List for 21/5/2019

A reasonable night with six NFY and 52 moths of 29 species. Highlights were the third White Spot of the year, a stunning Netted Pug, and  Dusky Hook-tip, a rare immigrant, that disappeared as I started to set it up for a photograph and then appeared on the window as it was getting dark, and allowed a quick snap in the twilight.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
714 Agonopterix yeatiana 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 9
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1649 Drepana curvatula Dusky Hook-tip 1 NFY
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1 NFY
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1 NFY
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 1 NFY
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1867 Aplocera plagiata Treble-bar 1 NFY
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3   
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2172 Hadena albimacula White Spot 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

 Pale Tussock

 Broad-barred White, getting a bit worn.

 White-point, a very worn individual

 White Spot, the third of the year.

 Netted Pug, probably the best pug in the world

 Mullein Wave, yet another tatty NFY

 Wood Carpet


 Treble-bar

 Common Pug

 Agonopterix yeatiana

Dusky Hook-tip
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