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.


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Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Species List for 3/6/2019

A  change in the weather brought a bit of a slow down with 167 moths of 37 species. but with two NFY. Nearly half of the catch were Heart and Darts. There were two NFY and the Fox Moth left some eggs.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 NFY
1638 Macrothylacia rubi Fox Moth 1 NFY
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 4
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1   
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 81
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 3
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 10
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 7
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1



Fox Moth

Foxglove Pug
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Thursday, 31 May 2018

Species List for 30/05/2018

After a night off (again the weather wasn't as bad as the forecast), there were 148 moths of 36 species, including my second ever Fox Moth amongst three NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1063 Celypha striana 2
1076 Celypha lacunana 1 NFY
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 NFY
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1638 Macrothylacia rubi Fox Moth 1 NFY
1727 Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 2
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 8
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 38
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 5
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 16
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 22

Fox Moth

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Sunday, 18 June 2017

Species List for 17/06/2017

A nice surprise with two new species for the site. The first was a Scallop Shell, surely one of the most beautiful species on the UK list, and the second a Fox Moth, very appropriate as I'm sharing the garden with a litter of four very playful fox cubs. In total there were 290 moths of 79 species

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 3
449 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 8
658 Carcina quercana 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 5
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 4
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 14
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana 2
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1
1033 Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 5
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 3
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 13
1294 Crambus pascuella 2
1313 Catoptria pinella 1
1333 Scoparia pyralella 1   
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 3
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 4
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 4
1392 Udea olivalis 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1458 Myelois circumvoluta Thistle Ermine 3
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1638 Macrothylacia rubi Fox Moth 1 NFS
1640 Euthrix potatoria Drinker 1
1654 Tethea ocularis Figure of Eighty 1
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 13
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1765 Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow 1
1777 Hydriomena furcata July Highflyer 1
1789 Rheumaptera undulata Scallop Shell 1 NFS
1819 Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 3
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 2
1944 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 4
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 9
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 25
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 28
2098 Axylia putris Flame 8
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 14
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 8
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 11
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 9
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2473 Laspeyria flexula Beautiful Hook-tip 3
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 2

 Scallop Shell

Fox Moth
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