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, 16 September 2023

Species List for 15/09/2023

 Three species still dominate the numbers, Of 114 Box-tree  moths 10 were the dark form. There were two new Convolvulus Hawk-moths and an additional (not listed) that was a retrap. Total moths 601 moths of 53 species, no NFY..

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella

a moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

12


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

2


62.006

Galleria mellonella

Wax Moth

1


63.018

Anania coronata


1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

114


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.059

Evergestis limbata


1


63.069

Eudonia angustea


5


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


1


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

2


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

4


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.054

Xanthorhoe montanata

Silver-ground Carpet

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

9


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

4


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

13


70.232

Ennomos autumnaria

Large Thorn

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

5


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

9


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

6


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

26


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

2


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

6


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

8


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

3


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

28


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

9


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

5


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

4


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

132


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

16


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

34


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

106


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