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.


Tuesday 15 August 2017

Species List for 14/08/2017

Of the 617 moths caught almost 50% were Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings. There were around 69 species, an increase on the last few days, butstill short of what couod be hoped for. A thunderstorm just before 5a.m. had me scurrying round the garden discovering the difficulty in carrying a moth trap and holding an umbrella at the same time.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 2
873 Blastobasis adustella 19
972 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 23
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 3
1063 Celypha striana 3
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1261 Cydia pomonella Codling Moth 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 7
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1344 Eudonia mercurella 3
1375 Ostrinia nubilalis European Corn Borer 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 4
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 4
1424 Endotricha flammealis 2
1439 Trachycera advenella 5
1465 Nephopterix angustella 2   
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 4
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 5
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1830 Eupithecia absinthiata Wormwood Pug 2
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 38
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 5
1956 Cabera exanthemata Common Wave 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 10
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2067 Euplagia quadripunctaria Jersey Tiger 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 9
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 7
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 35
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 81
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 223
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 7
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 3
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2292 Cryphia algae Tree-lichen Beauty 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 24
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 5
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 17
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 4
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 2

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