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.


Thursday, 21 May 2020

Species List for 20/05/2020

A better night with 110 moths of around 38 species. Scalloped Hook-tip was new for the site and there were 12 more NFY

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
229 Monopis obviella 1 NFY
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
649 Esperia sulphurella 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 23
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 2
1336 Eudonia pallida 2 NFY
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1 NFY
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1 NFY
1645 Falcaria lacertinaria Scalloped Hook-tip 1 NFS
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1 NFY
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1 NFY
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1 NFY
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 3
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1   
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1 NFY
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 5
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 8
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFY
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 1 NFY
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 16
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
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Monopis obviella

Esperia sulphurella

Eudonia pallida

Small Magpie

Bee Moth

 Scalloped Hook-tip

Scalloped Hook-tip

 Foxglove Pug

Mottled Pug

Tawny-barred Angle

Poplar Hawk-moth

Iron Prominent

A very tatty, but first for the year, Common Wainscot

Toadflax Brocade 

Toadflax Brocade
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