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 22 August 2018

Lyddington B&B, Rutland, Species List for 16/08/2018

As usual Jack and I ran a moth trap while we were at the B&B for the Rutland Birdfair Weekend.This year we used one trap, Jack's portable Actinic Trap. Thefirst of three nights trapped 68 moths of 18 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1305 Agriphila tristella 20
1348 Parapoynx stratiotata Ringed China-mark 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 4
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 18
2133 Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 3
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 5
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2474 Rivula sericealis Straw Dot 1
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