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.


Thursday 22 June 2017

Species List for 21/06/2017

A nice surprise in one of my moth traps this morning. Ten years ago I caught a Spurge Hawk-moth, a rare migrant on 21st June. It was notable enough the get a mention in the last edition od Bernard Skinner's fabulous book. Last night Summer Solstice day did again and there was my second Spurge-hawk Moth.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 2
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 5
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 2
977 Archips podana Large Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
994 Clepsis consimilana 12
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 7
1083 Hedya nubiferana Marbled Orchard Tortrix 2
1201 Eucosma cana 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 31
1294 Crambus pascuella 1
1302 Crambus perlella 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 2
1313 Catoptria pinella 1
1325 Platytes alpinella 1   
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 4
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1361 Pyrausta aurata 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 2
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1421 Aglossa pinguinalis Large Tabby 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 2
1438 Trachycera suavella Cherry Fruit Moth 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1454 Dioryctria abietella 2
1483 Phycitodes binaevella 1
1495 Marasmarcha lunaedactyla 1
1513 Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume Moth 1
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 2
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 8
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 10
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 3
1813 Eupithecia haworthiata Haworth's Pug 1
1837 Eupithecia subfuscata Grey Pug 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 3
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1887 Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1922 Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 6
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 3
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1986 Hyles euphorbiae Spurge Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 12
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2029 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail 4
2037 Miltochrista miniata Rosy Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 21
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 17
2098 Axylia putris Flame 5
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 12
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 22
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 2
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 3
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 2
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2314 Parastichtis ypsillon Dingy Shears 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 17
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 2
2330 Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade 1
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 10
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

Spurge Hawk-moth

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