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, 16 August 2012

Species List for 15/8/2012

Windy, only one trap with the Birdfair coming up this afternoon. 130 moths of 32 species


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 1
873 Blastobasis adustella   6
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 1
1344 Eudonia mercurella   3
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 2
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1890 Macaria alternata Sharp-angled Peacock 2
1912 Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn 1
1921 Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak 2
2018 Clostera anachoreta Scarce Chocolate-tip 1 NFY
2030 Euproctis similis Yellow-tail 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 50
2112 Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2154 Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth 6
2183 Orthosia miniosa Blossom Underwing 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2295 Cryphia muralis Marbled Green 2
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 2
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2425 Colocasia coryli Nut-tree Tussock 1 NFY
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 10
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1 NFY
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1

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