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.


Sunday 7 August 2011

Species List for 6/8/2011

A windy and cool night. Ther first Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet and Reed Dagger of the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella
3
1304 Agriphila straminella
1
1305 Agriphila tristella
2
1344 Eudonia mercurella
3
1439 Trachycera advenella
1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla
1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1725 Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1 NFY
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1781 Horisme vitalbata Small Waved Umber 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 3
2081 Euxoa tritici White-line Dart 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 9
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 9
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2193 Mythimna ferrago Clay 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 2
2290 Simyra albovenosa Reed Dagger 1 NFY
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 3
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 5
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
71 Moths of 32 Species, (23 Macro species, 56 moths; 9 Micro species, 15 moths)
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