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.


Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Species List for 26/7/2016

The first Vapourer of the year, but windy conditions kept the catch quite small.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 7
873 Blastobasis adustella
9
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1063 Celypha striana 2
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1302 Crambus perlella 6
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2  
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 4
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 3
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 3
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 11
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1792 Philereme transversata Dark Umber 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 4
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 10
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2026 Orgyia antiqua Vapourer 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 7
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110a Noctua janthina Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 4
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 3
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 3
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 3
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 3
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 13
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 20
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Species List for 25/7/2016

 Sycamore

Campion 

Herald 

Ruby Tiger

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
1086 Hedya salicella    1
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 2
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 26
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
658 Carcina quercana
2
873 Blastobasis adustella 20
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1063 Celypha striana 10
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 9
1302 Crambus perlella 10
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 3
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1  
1424 Endotricha flammealis 7
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 9
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 4
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 27
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1817 Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 8
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 3
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 2
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 9
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2077 Nola cucullatella Short-cloaked Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 14
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 14
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 10
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2469 Scoliopteryx libatrix Herald 1
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Monday, 25 July 2016

Help needed with this Pyralid

I should know this pyralid but I can nail it. Help required!



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Species List for 24/7/2016

Not a particualry good night but there were around 74 species. Where have all the Yellow Underwings gone?
Trachycera (Acrobasis) suavella



Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 1
427 Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 9
873 Blastobasis adustella 7
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 7
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 11
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1316 Catoptria falsella 3
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1  
1438 Trachycera suavella 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 3
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 2
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 12
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1816 Eupithecia linariata Toadflax Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 12
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 2
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 7
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 3
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 10
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 11
2352 Eremobia ochroleuca Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 11
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 6
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
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Sunday, 24 July 2016

Species List for 23/7/2016

Back in the days I was growing up we had no TV, computers or phones, and in the summer holidays we used to spend our time outdoors. As well as various adventure games with Russell Pierce we used to collect the local wild life, grasshoppers, butterflies etc, and watch the birds in the area. For me it became a passion, but for many years one of the missing groups, apart from finding Privet-hawk caterpillars and Woolly Bears, Garden Tiger Caterpillars. That was moths. Then around 1996 Ann Lawson and Andrew Duff did something amazing. In their garden, using a home made trap they caught a moth that had been thought to be extirpated from the UK for 30 years. I went to see this little beauty and that started me on the new hobby of Mothing. In Crayford I caught six Small Ranunculus, and of course have slide pictures of them all. We moved here in 2000 and although I had caught around 445 species of macro moths in the garden, Small Ranunculus didn't feature. You can imaging my delight then when my eyes alighted om a small Noctuid and immediately thought "that looks like a Small Ranunculus and so it proved.




Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
0 Cnephasia sp. Cnephasia species 2
290 Caloptilia semifascia 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 29
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 6
658 Carcina quercana 1
861 Acompsia schmidtiellus 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
937 Agapeta hamana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1063 Celypha striana 11
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 7
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella 2
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 3  
1417 Pyralis farinalis Meal Moth 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis 4
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1441 Oncocera semirubella 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1673 Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald 1
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 2
1699 Idaea rusticata atrosignaria Least Carpet 4
1702 Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave 7
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 9
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 22
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 2
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 2
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
1884 Abraxas grossulariata Magpie Moth 1
1917 Selenia dentaria Early Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 10
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 2
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 16
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 9
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 8
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 6
2165 Hecatera dysodea Small Ranunculus 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 9
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 6
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 9
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 4
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1
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