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.


Saturday, 21 July 2012

Species List for 20/7/2012

70 moths of 28 species. Heavy rain until 11pm, when I put ou two traps. Judging by the traps the rain defied the forecast and returned in the night.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
1001 Lozotaeniodes formosanus 1
1063 Celypha striana 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 3
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1 NFY
2050 Eilema lurideola Common Footman 8
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 6
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 14
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1
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