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, 3 September 2015

Species List for 31/8/2015

438 moths of 32 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 5
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 7
1303 Agriphila selasella 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 4
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 4
1439 Trachycera advenella 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1716 Rhodometra sacraria Vestal 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 2
1782 Horisme tersata Fern 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1937 Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty 2
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2047 Eilema complana Scarce Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 122
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 5   
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 220
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 6
2298 Amphipyra berbera Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2300 Mormo maura Old Lady 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 2
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 26
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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