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.


Monday, 10 September 2012

Species List for 9/9/2012

A very windy night and as it was drizzling in the evening I didn't put out my two "black-light" traps. The wind meant a reduced number of moths, 246, and only 18 species. Only 54 moths other than Setaceous Hebrew Characters and Large Yellow Underwings.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 4
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 46
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 10
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 146
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2178 Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic 1
2297 Amphipyra pyramidea Copper Underwing 1
2299 Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 18
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
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