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, 16 June 2023

Species List for 15/06/2023

 A warmish evening and night, but a gentle N to NE wind and fewer moths than I expected. In all there were 137 moths of 41 species and five NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

2


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


20.019

Argyresthia conjugella

Apple Fruit Moth

1

NFY

32.036

Depressaria radiella

Parsnip Moth

1

NFY

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

4


49.161

Celypha striana


1


62.028

Dioryctria abietella 

1


62.054

Homoeosoma sinuella


1

NFY

63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

2


63.072

Eudonia delunella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

2


63.081

Crambus pascuella


1


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

3


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

4


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.212

Macaria alternata

Sharp-angled Peacock

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

3


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

2


71.005

Furcula furcula

Sallow Kitten

1

NFY

71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

3


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

6


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

11


73.159

Apamea unanimis

Small Clouded Brindle

1

NFY

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

16


73.174X

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

4


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

3


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

28


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

5


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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