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 28 July 2018

Species List for 27/07/2018

 The long, hot rainless period finally ended with a large thunder storm followed by steady rain. Only one trap run, the Robinson, as the others are more vulnerable to rain. Not surprisingly they were far fewer moths than for the last couple of weeks, a Dark Sword-grass was  the best migrant.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
455 Ypsolopha scabrella 1
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 3
873 Blastobasis adustella 10
964a Cochylis molliculana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1302 Crambus perlella 3
1304 Agriphila straminella 11
1344 Eudonia mercurella 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1   
1708 Idaea dimidiata Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 2
2044 Eilema griseola Dingy Footman 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 5
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 4
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1
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