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.


Monday, 11 September 2023

Species List for 10/09/2023

 A bit of a drop off as the temperatures dipped a little. There were 538 moths of 62 species with three NFY. one of them, two Humming-bird Hawk-moths was a surprise as I hadn't seen any nectaring in the garden and they are not frequent visitors to my traps, the next was a Beautiful Marbled, the second for the site and the last was the first Feathered Ranunculus of the year.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


1


49.013

Archips podana

Large Fruit-tree Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

21


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

47


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


5


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

2


69.010

Macroglossum stellatarum

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

2

NFY

70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

21


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

3


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

5


70.062

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

7


70.160

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

5


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

4


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

10


70.234

Ennomos alniaria

Canary-shouldered Thorn

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

6


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

10


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

5


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

6


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

1


72.07

Eublemma purpurina

Beautiful Marbled

1

NFY

73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2


73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.059

Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

9


73.107

Mormo maura

Old Lady

1


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.123

Hydraecia micacea

Rosy Rustic

3


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

18


73.187

Agrochola litura

Brown-spot Pinion

1


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

11


73.231

Aporophyla lutulenta

Deep-brown Dart

1


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

1

NFY

73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

20


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

3


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

99


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

4


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

7


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

33


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

127





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