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 26 August 2023

Species List for 25/08/2023

 All five traps in action, but the moths were very shy of attending. The one highlight was the first Scarce Bordered Straw of the year. There were just 353 moths of 49 species with one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.001

Triodia sylvina

Orange Swift

18


28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


6


45.010

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

4


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

10


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.089

Agriphila tristella


20


63.093

Agriphila straminella


1


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


1


69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.062

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.234

Ennomos alniaria

Canary-shouldered Thorn

1


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

1


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

1


72.026

Arctia caja

Garden Tiger

1


72.030

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Jersey Tiger

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

4


73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1


73.064

Amphipyra tragopoginis

Mouse Moth

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1

NFY

73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

29


73.107

Mormo maura

Old Lady

1


73.109

Thalpophila matura

Straw Underwing

1


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

8


73.169x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

5


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

4


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

37


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

10


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

6


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

5


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

2


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

3


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

59


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

29


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

11


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

47


Scarce Bordered Straw.

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