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 17 October 2024

Species List for 16/10/2024

Two traps, an 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. A very wet and warm night with a min temp of 15 deg C and a 8-10 mph SW wind. Numbers were lower than expected although the number of species was the highest since 4th Oct. There were 57 moths of 23 species including one NFY. A bonus was a quick view of the rather worn Oleander Hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii, that was found at Langdon Cliffs. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.009

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House-moth

1


28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


2


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


1


45.010

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.069

Acleris sparsana


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

11


63.038

Patania ruralis

Mother of Pearl

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


7


70.070

Larentia clavaria

Mallow

2


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

3


70.236

Ennomos erosaria

September Thorn

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.068

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Green-brindled Crescent

3


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.180

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

1

nfy

73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

1


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

3


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

4



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