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.


Saturday 4 June 2022

Species List for 03/06/2022

 A very strange catch of 155 moths of 37 species and one NFY. Howeer there were 63 Green Oak Tortrix moths, a species I normally catch in small numbers. The phenomenon seems to have been widespread, at least in Kent, with many reporting exceptional numbers of this species.

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

17

Hepialus lupulinus

Common Swift

2

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3

697

Agonopterix arenella

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

14

1002

Lozotaenia forsterana

1

1033

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

63

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1

1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

2

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

4

1781

Horisme vitalbata

Small Waved Umber

1

1819

Eupithecia exiguata

Mottled Pug

1

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1

1835

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

5

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

4

1961

Campaea margaritata

Light Emerald

1

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1

 

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

2019

Clostera curtula

Chocolate-tip

1

NFY

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

5

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

12

2098

Axylia putris

Flame

1

2102

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

2

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

7

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2216

Cucullia umbratica

Shark

1

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

6

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

 

Chocolate Tip

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