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.


Monday 28 August 2017

Species List for 25/08/2017

Setaceous Hebrew Characters still dominate.  In total 904 moths of 59 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 2
647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 2
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 15
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 2
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 66
1309 Agriphila geniculea 6
1342 Eudonia angustea 5
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 4
1439 Trachycera advenella 2
1497 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 3
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1689 Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave 1   
1707 Idaea seriata Small Dusty Wave 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1784 Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 2
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 8
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 4
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 107
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 11
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 10
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 525
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 4
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 8
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 3
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 36
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 4
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 2
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 3
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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