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.


Tuesday 10 September 2019

Species List for 09/9/2019

Not a great night,buta few suprise species were a reminder that it isn't over yet! In total there were 283 moths of 27 species.
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 3
1309 Agriphila geniculea 8
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1739 Epirrhoe rivata Wood Carpet 1
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 49
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 17
2110 Noctua fimbriata Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 114
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 10
2166 Hadena rivularis Campion 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 7
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 6   
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 12
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 26
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 4
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 Campion


 Wood Carpet

 Gallium Carpet

Blood-vein
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