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.


Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Species List for 10/08/2020

The unprecedented (for here) number of Common Wainscots continues. Altogether I managed to count 1085 moths of about 93 species with two NFY.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plu tella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 4
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 97
938 Agapeta zoegana 1
969 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 NFY
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 37
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 7
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 3
1183 Epiblema foenella 1
1233 Pammene aurita 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 3
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1303 Agriphila selasella 3 NFY
1304 Agriphila straminella 6
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 12
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 2   
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 2
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 2
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 8
1435 Conobathra tumidana 5
1438 Trachycera suavella 17
1439 Trachycera advenella 3
1470 Euzophera pinguis 13
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 17
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 21
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 5
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 3
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 4
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 12
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 6
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 3
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2022 Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 8
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 6
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 1
2051 Lithosia quadra Four-spotted Footman 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 5
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 33
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 129
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 18
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 25
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 14
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 2
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 314
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 6
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 4
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 34
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 1
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 4
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 48
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 18
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 20
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2439 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 11
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 2
2488a Pechipogo plumigeralis Plumed Fan-foot 2
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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