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 25 July 2002

Species List for 24/7/2002


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1653 Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches 1
1693 Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 3
1919 Selenia tetralunaria Purple Thorn 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1941 Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 1
1980 Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 5
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 24
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 4
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 11
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2198 Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 7
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 19
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1

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