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 10 August 2017

Species List for 09/08/2017

366 moths of about 54 species. A Dark Crimson Underwing was the second for the site and the Scarce Bordered Straw was the 11th of the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 3
658 Carcina quercana 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 22
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 15
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 8
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 2
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 5
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1   
1742 Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 5
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1997 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 3
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 22
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 6
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 14
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 39
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 144
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 5
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 22
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2381x Hoplodrina alsines/blanda Uncertain/Rustic agg. 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2399 Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow 1
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2
2455 Catocala sponsa Dark Crimson Underwing 1


Scarce Bordered Straw

Bordered Sallow
Bordered Sallow

Sallow Kitten

 Sallow Kitten
Dark Crimson Underwing

Dark Crimson Underwing,underside


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