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 14 August 2020

Species List for 13/08/2020

The last night of the heatwave, but I think in case it remains very buse I will run two traps tomorrow instead of the usual five. There were 1054 moths recorded of about 105 species including two NFY, one of which was new to the site (and me) a Pale Shoulder.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 3
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 11
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 29
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 2
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 16
1305 Agriphila tristella 11
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 2
1356a Evergestis limbata 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1   
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 4
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1435 Conobathra tumidana 2
1444 Pempelia obductella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 5
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 3
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1681 Cyclophora linearia Clay Triple-lines 1 NFY
1699 Idaea rusticata Least Carpet 8
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 1
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1709 Idaea subsericeata Satin Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 8
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 6
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 2
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 4
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 1
1893 Macaria liturata Tawny-barred Angle 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2000 Notodonta dromedarius Iron Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 3
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 3
2049 Eilema depressa Buff Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 71
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 95
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 8
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 27
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 82
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 15
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 301
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 9
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 5
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 16
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 4
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 2
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2341 Mesoligia furuncula Cloaked Minor 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 44
2350 Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 41
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 76
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 5
2415 Acontia lucida Pale Shoulder 1  NFS
2428 Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin-spot 4
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 13
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2488a Pechipogo plumigeralis Plumed Fan-foot 1
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Pale Shoulder

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