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.


Friday, 3 September 2010

Species List for 1/9/2010

Early September is the real time for Large Yellow Underwings and the numbers are increasing. Although there were only 29 species of Macros the were 341 moths, the most since July 26th, although there were far more species then. It's always good to catch an Old Lady!

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 5
424 Yponomeuta evonymella Bird-cherry Ermine 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 2
1804 Perizoma bifaciata Barred Rivulet 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 29
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 9
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 90
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 7
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 8
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 63
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 8
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 2
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 6
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 3
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2293 Cryphia domestica Marbled Beauty 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 3
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 12
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 11
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 64
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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