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 13 October 2020

Species List for 12/10/2020

 Only two traps run, the two Robinsons on a foul, wet night. Just 22 moths of  11 species, but one NFY, a Grey Shoulder-knot. This was only the fourth I have caught. I have now have two spring and two autumn records as the adults emerge in September and October, and overwinter, appearing again from February to April.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

7

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2237

Lithophane ornitopus

Grey Shoulder-knot

1

NFY

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

3

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1

2272

Xanthia aurago

Barred Sallow

2

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

 

Grey Shoulder-knot

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