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 19 August 2010

Species List for 18/8/2010

Off to the Birdfair at Rutland for three days, so back Sunday night. Hopefully someone will be running a moth trap or so there and the weather stays good.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 11
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 6
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 39
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 14
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 1
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 5
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 4
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2216 Cucullia umbratica Shark 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 2
2303 Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 10
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 6
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 6
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