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.


Thursday 26 October 2023

Species List for 25/10/2023

Only 33 moths of 14 species, but a few goodies. Two Gems, a male and a female, a Vestal and another four Scarce Bordered Straws, bring the 2023 total to 71, the third highest since I've been here, (92 last year and 163 in 2006 are the highest).

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.107x

Epirrita dilutata agg.

November Moth agg.

4


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

9


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


3


70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.047

Nycterosea obstipata

Gem

2


73.068

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Green-brindled Crescent

2


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

4


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.134

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

1


73.190

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

1


73.195

Conistra ligula

Dark Chestnut

1


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

1


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