30/10/2026

 At The Hidden House, St Margaret's at Cliffe. I started mothing here in 2001, as even more of a novice then, than now. I caught a moth, which I correctly identified as a Flame Brocade, on Oct 12th 2001, and asked the then County Recorder how rare it was. As rare as Rocking Horse sh*t was the answer. Now 25 years on I have caught another one.

My Four traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse. The easterly breeze continued and the temperature dropped to around 9 deg C. There were 70 moths of 25 species and one NFY.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
70.107	Epirrita dilutata agg.	November Moth agg.	4
49.039	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	2
49.069	Acleris sparsana		1
63.031	Udea ferrugalis	Rusty-dot Pearl	21
63.048	Palpita vitrealis		1
63.052	Nomophila noctuella	Rush Veneer	7
70.141	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	1
73.015	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	1
73.068	Allophyes oxyacanthae	Green-brindled Crescent	1
73.076	Helicoverpa armigera	Scarce Bordered Straw	1
73.087	Spodoptera exigua	Small Mottled Willow	1
73.113	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
73.134	Rhizedra lutosa	Large Wainscot	1
73.186	Agrochola lychnidis	Beaded Chestnut	1
73.190	Agrochola macilenta	Yellow-line Quaker	1
73.192	Agrochola circellaris	Brick	1
73.195	Conistra ligula	Dark Chestnut	2
73.223	Dryobota labecula	Oak Rustic	1
73.229	Trigonophora flammea	Flame Brocade	1	nfy
73.233	Aporophyla nigra	Black Rustic	1
73.235	Polymixis lichenea	Feathered Ranunculus	1
73.319	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	5
73.327	Agrotis ipsilon	Dark Sword-grass	1
73.342	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	10
73.359	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2

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