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, 23 August 2022

Species List for 22 /08/2022

 Setaceous Hebrew characters continue to dominate. There were 691 moths of 53 species, and one NFY, a Hummingbird Hawk-moth that was nectaring as I sorted the traps out.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


15

Hepialus sylvina

Orange Swift

3


464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3


873

Blastobasis adustella


1


0964a

Cochylis molliculana


15


998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

23


1063

Celypha striana


1


1305

Agriphila tristella


28


1309

Agriphila geniculea


1


1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

2


1356a

Evergestis limbata


2


1375

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn Borer

15


1398

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

25


1524

Emmelina monodactyla


2


1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


1690

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


1707

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


1709

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

1


1784

Melanthia procellata

Pretty Chalk Carpet

1


1825

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

2


1830

Eupithecia absinthiata

Wormwood Pug

1

1838

Eupithecia icterata

Tawny Speckled Pug

1


1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

3


1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

10


1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


1984

Macroglossum stellatarum

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

1

NFY

2030

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1


2067

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Jersey Tiger

4


2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

8


2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

8


2102

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

5


2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2


2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

27


2123

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

5


2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

262


2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

3


2145

Discestra trifolii

Nutmeg

1


2154

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

3


2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

80


2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

2


2297

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


2343x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

3


2353

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

45


2361

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

1


2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

65


2387

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

1


2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

3


2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


2449

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1


2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2


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