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.


Friday 27 October 2023

Species List for 26/10/2023

 There were just 29 moths of 16 species, with one NFY, a Cosmopolitan, Leucania loreyi, only the second I've caught here,  the first was in 2006, a mega year for migrants.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.107x

Epirrita dilutata agg.

November Moth agg.

1


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

6


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


70.047

Nycterosea obstipata

Gem

1


70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

3


73.190

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

2


73.304

Leucania loreyi

Cosmopolitan

1

NFY

73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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