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, 3 September 2018

Cornshay Wood Farm, Hawkchurch, Devon. Species List for 29/08/2018

A cooler damp night, and far fewer moths.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1048 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 3
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1722 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet 1
1913 Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 1
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 13
2123 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 17
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2269 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 2
2350 Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 2
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
2364 Gortyna flavago Frosted Orange 1   
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2434 Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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