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.


Thursday, 11 August 2011

Species List for 10/8/2011

It was blowing a gale last night and I did contemplate not running my traps, unfortunately I failed to obey my own common sense and missed a lie in for a very poor catch.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 19
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 1
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1

45 Moths of 18 species (all Macros)
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