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.


Friday, 22 May 2020

Species List for 21/05/2020

Another warm night and a reasonable return with 132 Moths of 41 species and 15 NFY

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
140 Nematopogon swammerdamella 1 NFY
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata
1 NFY
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 16
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 2 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 3 NFY
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 1 NFY
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 2
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2 NFY
1827 Eupithecia intricata Freyer's Pug 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 4
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 3
1888 Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet 1 NFY
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2   
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1 NFY
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 2 NFY
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1 NFY
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 3
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2078 Nola confusalis Least Black Arches 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 27
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 12
2157 Lacanobia w-latinum Light Brocade 1 NFY
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 5
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 13
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2 NFY
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3


 Nematopogon swammerdamella

Argyresthia trifasciata

Green Oak Tortrix

Garden Pebble

Lime-speck Pug

Freyer's Pug

 Scorched Carpet

Sharp-angled Peacock

 Pebble Prominent


Pale Prominent 


Orange Footman

 Light Brocade


Mottled Rustic


Burnished Brass
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