Species List for 25/02/2026

Mothing for 2025 finished for me at the end of August (27th) when I then went for two months ro Australia, not mothing but Birding and Mammal and Reptile watching. I returned at the end of October, to be greeted with some of the wettest  most dismal weather imaginable. Coupled with the awful weather extending into January and February and a couple of  physical problems, due to my penchant in old age for falling over, I didn't get started this year until February 25th.  At the moment I am using two traps, a 125W MV Robinson in the Back Garden and an 80W  MV Robinson in the Pond Garden. Hopefully I will add photos for each NFY species as we go along. I will catch up in the near future.

There were 16 moths of five species.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
70.251	Biston strataria	Oak Beauty	2	nfy
73.242	Orthosia incerta	Clouded Drab	1	nfy
73.244	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	8	nfy
73.249	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	4	nfy
73.250	Anorthoa munda	Twin-spotted Quaker	1	nfy

Common Quaker

Oak Beauty

 

Twin-spot Quaker

Clouded Drab

Hebrew Character

Species List for 30/5/2019

A btter night with 121 moths of 31 species two NFY.

998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	11
1082	Hedya pruniana	Plum Tortrix	1	NFY
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	1	NFY
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	1
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	2
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	1
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	2
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	1
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	2
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	5
2087	Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	5
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	34
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	4
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	2
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2154	Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	1
2157	Lacanobia w-latinum	Light Brocade	2
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	2
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	1
2337	Oligia strigilis	Marbled Minor	2
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	23
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	6
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	1
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2

 Hedya pruniana

 Small Dusty Wave

Common Quaker -  a late individual

The Pine Gardens - St Margaret's Bay a first Mothing Session 25/5/2018

Following up a contact from the gardens to the Kent Moth Group, Nigel Jarman and I had our first mothing session at the Garden on Friday 25th. We ran four MV traps until midnight, and also did a bit of netting in the gardens just before dark. We didn't record numbers but just the presence of species. The list isn't huge, but it is still May. There are a couple of micros to be identified and I will add these later. The plume, Adaina microdactyla, was new to me.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	present
216	Nemapogon cloacella	Cork Moth	present
464	Plutella xylostella	Diamond-back Moth	present
672	Depressaria heraclei	Parsnip Moth	present
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	present
1174	Epiblema cynosbatella		present
1333	Scoparia pyralella		present
1428	Aphomia sociella	Bee Moth	present
1517	Adaina microdactyla		present
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		present
1682	Timandra comae	Blood-vein	present
1724	Xanthorhoe spadicearia	Red Twin-spot Carpet	present
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	present
1776	Colostygia pectinataria	Green Carpet	present
1784	Melanthia procellata	Pretty Chalk Carpet	present
1823	Eupithecia venosata	Netted Pug	present
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	present
1835	Eupithecia tripunctaria	White-spotted Pug	present
1858	Chloroclystis v-ata	V-Pug	present
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	present
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	present
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	present
1936	Menophra abruptaria	Waved Umber	present
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	present
1992	Deilephila porcellus	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	present
2028	Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	present
2043	Eilema sororcula	Orange Footman	present
2060	Spilosoma lubricipeda	White Ermine	present
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	present
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	present
2092	Agrotis puta	Shuttle-shaped Dart	present
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	present
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	present
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	present
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	present
2403	Heliothis peltigera	Bordered Straw	present
2418	Earias clorana	Cream-bordered Green Pea	present
2474	Rivula sericealis	Straw Dot	present

 A few of the moths from the Pine Gardens

  

 Small Elephant Hawk-moth

 Common Quaker, this seemed rather late

  Cream-bordered Green Pea

 Willow Beauty

 Bordered Sallow

 Blood Vein

Species List for 11/03/2018

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2
2236	Lithophane hepatica	Pale Pinion	1

Species List for 12/06/2017

An unusual record of a Common Quaker and a stunning Small Angle Shades were the highlights today.

Code	Taxon	Vernacular	Individuals
17	Hepialus lupulinus	Common Swift	4
647	Hofmannophila pseudospretella	Brown House Moth	2
648	Endrosis sarcitrella	White-shouldered House Moth	1
697	Agonopterix arenella		2
874	Blastobasis lacticolella		1
998	Epiphyas postvittana	Light Brown Apple Moth	9
1063	Celypha striana		4
1076	Celypha lacunana		1
1083	Hedya nubiferana	Marbled Orchard Tortrix	1
1175	Epiblema uddmanniana	Bramble Shoot Moth	1
1293	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Garden Grass-veneer	5
1301	Crambus lathoniellus		1
1302	Crambus perlella		1
1338	Dipleurina lacustrata		1
1342	Eudonia angustea		2
1344	Eudonia mercurella		1
1356	Evergestis forficalis	Garden Pebble	2
1376	Eurrhypara hortulata	Small Magpie	1
1498	Amblyptilia punctidactyla		2
1707	Idaea seriata	Small Dusty Wave	2
1738	Epirrhoe alternata	Common Carpet	1
1764	Chloroclysta truncata	Common Marbled Carpet	3
1825	Eupithecia centaureata	Lime-speck Pug	2
1827	Eupithecia intricata	Freyer's Pug	1
1834	Eupithecia vulgata	Common Pug	12
1862	Gymnoscelis rufifasciata	Double-striped Pug	2
1883	Acasis viretata	Yellow-barred Brindle	1
1906	Opisthograptis luteolata	Brimstone Moth	1
1931	Biston betularia	Peppered Moth	2
1937	Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Willow Beauty	5
1991	Deilephila elpenor	Elephant Hawk-moth	3
2061	Spilosoma luteum	Buff Ermine	4
2088	Agrotis clavis	Heart and Club	11
2089	Agrotis exclamationis	Heart and Dart	39
2098	Axylia putris	Flame	4
2102	Ochropleura plecta	Flame Shoulder	1
2107	Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	4
2119	Peridroma saucia	Pearly Underwing	1
2123	Diarsia rubi	Small Square-spot	2
2126	Xestia c-nigrum	Setaceous Hebrew Character	21
2147	Hada plebeja	Shears	1
2160	Lacanobia oleracea	Bright-line Brown-eye	1
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	1
2199	Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	1
2305	Euplexia lucipara	Small Angle Shades	1
2306	Phlogophora meticulosa	Angle Shades	1
2321	Apamea monoglypha	Dark Arches	5
2322	Apamea lithoxylaea	Light Arches	1
2334	Apamea sordens	Rustic Shoulder-knot	3
2337x	Oligia strigilis agg.	Marbled Minor agg.	5
2380	Charanyca trigrammica	Treble Lines	2
2381	Hoplodrina alsines	Uncertain	1
2384	Hoplodrina ambigua	Vine's Rustic	2
2387	Caradrina morpheus	Mottled Rustic	5
2389	Paradrina clavipalpis	Pale Mottled Willow	2
2441	Autographa gamma	Silver Y	2
2450	Abrostola tripartita	Spectacle	1
2477	Hypena proboscidalis	Snout	4

 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)

 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)

Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)