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 25 October 2024

Species List for 24/10/2023

 Two traps, a  80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. Another incredibly mild night with a min temp of   14 deg C, a light S wind of between 6-9 mph. Although the number of species improved to 20, the number of individuals remained a disappointing 35. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

49.038

Clepsis consimilana

 

1

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

2

63.048

Palpita vitrealis

 

2

63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1

63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1

70.079

Thera britannica

Spruce Carpet

1

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

73.068

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Green-brindled Crescent

1

73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

5

73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2

73.206

Lithophane leautieri hesperica

Blair's Shoulder-knot

1

73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2

73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

1

73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

6

73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

73.330

Ochropleura leucogaster

Radford's Flame Shoulder

1

73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3

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