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, 5 August 2024

Species List for 04/08/2024

 Four traps. An 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, a 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. A slightly cooler day followed by a drop to 14 deg C. meant a somewhat uninspiring night with 194 moths of just 56 species, but one nfy, a fine Cydia amplana.presumably a migrant.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


9


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


49.341

Cydia splendana


1


49.343

Cydia amplana


1

nfy

62.035

Acrobasis advenella


2


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


3


63.038

Patania ruralis

Mother of Pearl

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.059

Evergestis limbata


1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


3


63.088

Crambus perlella


3


63.093

Agriphila straminella


4


66.007

Lasiocampa quercus

Oak Eggar

2


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

10


70.006

Idaea fuscovenosa

Dwarf Cream Wave

1


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

7


70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

6


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

2


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.233

Ennomos quercinaria

August Thorn

1


70.241

Crocallis elinguaria

Scalloped Oak

1


70.265

Alcis repandata

Mottled Beauty

1


71.013

Notodonta ziczac

Pebble Prominent

1


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

2


71.020

Pterostoma palpina

Pale Prominent

1


72.001

Scoliopteryx libatrix

Herald

1


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.024

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Ruby Tiger

3


72.030

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Jersey Tiger

6


72.035

Miltochrista miniata

Rosy Footman

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

8


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

1


72.057

Pechipogo plumigeralis

Plumed Fan-foot

1


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

5


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

2


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

9


73.169X

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

36


73.216

Cosmia trapezina

Dun-bar

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

9


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

6


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

2


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

4


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

10


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