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 25 August 2010

Species List for 24/8/2010

Another dreadful night with the temperature falling to 9 deg C.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 11
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 3
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2006 Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 14
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 7
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 17
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 3
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 9
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 12
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

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