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.


Saturday 1 July 2023

Species List for 30/06/2023

 A disappointing return from a warm night. The wind had picked up and between 11pm and 2am it was gusting up to 31 mph. Noticeable was the very few micros. In total there were 227 moths of just 31 species, with the majority from the three most common Noctuids.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

49.161

Celypha striana


3

63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

9

63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

1

69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1

70.004

Idaea rusticata

Least Carpet

1

70.016

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

1

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1

70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1

70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2

73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

17

73.092

Caradrina morpheus

Mottled Rustic

3

73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

2

73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4

73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

20

73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

1

73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

3

73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1

73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

3

73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4

73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

3

73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

71

73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

32

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

31

73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

4

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