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, 25 June 2016

Species List for 24/6/2016

Still waiting for that surprise migrant that this weather should bring. Had to make do with a Rusty Dot Pearl.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 11
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
874 Blastobasis lacticolella 3
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 18
1010 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1738 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet 1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 7
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 38
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 30
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 13  
2302 Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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