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.


Monday 23 October 2023

Species List for 22/10/2023

 Another good October catch, with 65 moths of 26 species and four NFY (including a November Moth agg. as I won't get the gen det). 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

20


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

2


70.017x

Epirrita dilutata agg.

November Moth agg.

1

NFY

70.083

Thera cupressata

Cypress Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.244

Colotois pennaria

Feathered Thorn

1

NFY

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.068

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Green-brindled Crescent

2


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

1


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

6


73.190

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

1

NFY

73.192

Agrochola circellaris

Brick

1

NFY

73.194

Conistra vaccinii

Chestnut

2


73.195

Conistra ligula

Dark Chestnut

2


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

1







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