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.


Saturday 7 September 2019

Species List for 05/9/2019

Half-a-dozen Centre-barred Sallows relieved the monotony of a very mundane catch.  There were 400 moths of 22 species, with Setaceous Hebrew Character providing 61.5%.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 5
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 29
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 12
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 246
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 13
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 12
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 6
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 36
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1   
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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