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.


Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Species List for 01/08/2023

 If it was October the weather might be seasonable, but the first of August! it is and was awful. I moved three of the traps, the Greenhouse Garden 80W Skinner (80/2), moved in the door was of the Greenhouse, facing away from the wind, the Pond Garden Robinson, into the back door porch and the "Woodland Corner" 80W Skinner (80/1), sheltered a garden table. It still produced 133 moths of about 43 species (no NFY). In addition what looked like a Ruby Tiger caterpillar had found its way into 80/1.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


2


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


4


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

3


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

6


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

6


63.088

Crambus perlella


1


66.007

Lasiocampa quercus

Oak Eggar

2


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

7


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

2


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

3


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1


72.043

Eilema depressa

Buff Footman

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

11


73.037x

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1


73.059

Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade

1


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

1


73.097

Hoplodrina blanda

Rustic

3


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

1


73.169x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

27


73.216

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

1


73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.279

Hecatera bicolorata

Broad-barred White

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.298

Mythimna ferrago

Clay

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

9


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

4


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

2


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

7



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One additional micro now identified : 49.285 Epiblema scutulana 1

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