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.


Friday 23 October 2020

Species List for 22/10/2020

 After the poor showing yesterday I debated whether to put all five traps out,but decided to give it another try and I was pleased with the result. !00 moths of 19 species, including one NFY

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

5

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1

1408

Palpita vitrealis

1

1524

Emmelina monodactyla

1

1769

Thera britannica

Spruce Carpet

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

48

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

2

2202

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1

2232

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

11

2263

Agrochola lota

Red-line Quaker

1

NFY

2264

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

1

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

18

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2

2375

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

.
Red-line Quaker

Yellow-line Quaker,

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