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 14 October 2022

Species List for Monaveen (SV905104) Isles of Scilly 13/10/2022.

 The last night of the trip brought 74 moths of 24 species. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


1

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

49.223

Rhopobota naevana

Holly Tortrix

1

63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

5

63.040

Mecyna asinalis


2

63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

4

63.069

Eudonia angustea


3

70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1

70.079

Thera britannica

Spruce Carpet

1

70.083

Thera cupressata

Cypress Carpet

1

70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1

70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

73.193

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

19

73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2

73.235

Polymixis lichenea scillonea

Feathered Ranunculus

6

73.296

Mythimna unipuncta

White-speck

11

73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4

73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

1

73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

The week had produced 614 moths of 48 species. It was fun morthing but we didn't have anything spectacular  (unlike the birds).
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