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.


Wednesday 14 June 2023

Species List for 13/06/2023

 A reduction in nubers with 169 moths of 32 species and one NFY. The new for year was the moth of the year so far, a very well marked Sciota Rhenella.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

4


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

5


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

11


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

35


49.157

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana


1


62.018

Sciota rhenella


1

NFY

63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

3


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.015

Calliteara pudibunda

Pale Tussock

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

3


72.049

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

7


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

12


73.158

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

2


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

10


73.174x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

7


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

35


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

4


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

5


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

3


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

2


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