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.


Sunday 9 August 2020

Species List for 08/08/2020

Another warm night, but not quite so sweltering as the previous night. Still 482 moths of about  80 species and a moth NFS, my first Rest Harrow here. It may be a migrant or a wanderer from Sandwich.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 41
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 17
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1233 Pammene aurita 3
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 9
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 8
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 4   
1481 Homoeosoma sinuella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1664 Aplasta ononaria Rest Harrow 1 NFS
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 13
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 10
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1759 Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2022 Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 6
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 20
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 76
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 7
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 9
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 69
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 5
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 9
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 50
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 5
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 15
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 1
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 5
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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