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.


Tuesday 24 September 2024

Species List for 23/09/2024

 Four traps,  80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 80W  MV "Bucket trap", in the Greenhouse Garden,  and the 15W Actinic strip in a "bucket" trap.in the Front Garden. A very wet end to the night with monsoon like rain from 4 a.m. I cautiously went and retrieved to two "Bucket Traps", and was pleased with the performance of my new (31 days old) right knee. In all there were 92 moths of 24 species.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.261

Crocidosema plebejana


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

5


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.062

Amphipyra pyramidea

Copper Underwing

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

4


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

2


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

12


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

21


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

6


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

12


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

7


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