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.


Monday 27 July 2020

Species List for 26/07/2020

After a night off, for bad weather and sleep deprivation, there were 264 moths of about 58 species with one NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
937 Agapeta hamana 1
970 Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1260 Cydia splendana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 10
1304 Agriphila straminella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1454b Dioryctria sylvestrella 1 NFY
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 5
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1   
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 4
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 8
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 14
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 15
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 55
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 37
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 11
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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