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.


Sunday 6 August 2023

Species List for 05/08/2023

 Saturdays weather was terrible, the wind was blowing and forecast to get worse over night, with a lot of rain, and I still put the traps out. It was probably the worst catch in any of the main months I've had. Only 51 moths of 22 species, and if would have been worse if Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwings hadn't put in a decent appearance with 17 individuals.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella


5


62.077

Endotricha flammealis


1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.074

Eudonia mercurella


1


69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.004

Idaea rusticata atrosignaria

Least Carpet

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

2


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


71.017

Pheosia tremula

Swallow Prominent

1


72.012

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Brown-tail

1


72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.045

Eilema lurideola

Common Footman

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.120

Eremobia ochroleuca

Dusky Sallow

1


73.169x

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

6


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2


73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

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