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 2/9/2010

Good to see Feathered Gothic and Toadflax Brocade put in an appearance.

Taxon Vernacular Individuals
Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 4
Eudonia mercurella
2
Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 2
Timandra comae Blood-vein 2
Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
Horisme tersata Fern 1
Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 1
Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 32
Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 97
Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 9
Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 54
Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 10
Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 1
Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 2
Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 4
Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 7
Mormo maura Old Lady 1
Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 17
Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2
Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 58
Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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