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.


Wednesday 22 August 2018

Species List for 19/08/2018

Back from the birdfair, but late and just time to put the Robinson on the the main garden, in the normal position of the Skinner. Not a great night with just 87 moths of 23 species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
873 Blastobasis adustella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 3
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1309 Agriphila geniculea 1
1365 Pyrausta despicata 1
1405 Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 26
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 8
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 3
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 23   
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

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