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.


Wednesday 25 September 2024

Species List for 24/09/2024

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. There were 129 moths of 39 species with three NFY. A second Euchromius ocellea was a surprise.
 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1


49.070

Acleris rhombana

Rhomboid Tortrix

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


9


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.076

Euchromius ocellea


1


63.095

Agriphila geniculea


1


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.047

Nycterosea obstipata

Gem

1

nfy

70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

3


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

4


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

2


72.069

Laspeyria flexula

Beautiful Hook-tip

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

3


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

4


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

6


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

4


73.187

Agrochola litura

Brown-spot Pinion

1

nfy

73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

6


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

2


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

11


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

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

4


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

11


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

9


73.365

Eugnorisma glareosa

Autumnal Rustic

1

nfy


The Gem

Brown-spot Pinion,

Autumnal Rustic,

Rhomboid Tortrix
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