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 4 September 2019

Species List for 02/9/2019

551 moths of 26 species. A fresh Small Blood-vein was the second from the second generation.It is only inthe last 4 years that the later generation has become a feature.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1305 Agriphila tristella 8
1309 Agriphila geniculea 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1454 Dioryctria abietella 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2
1690 Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 33
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 367
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 24
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2   
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 18
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 21
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 37
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

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