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, 24 October 2019

Species List for 23/10/2019

A much more productive night with 73 moths of 18 species. A Pearly Underwing was my first for two years and and a Cosmopterix pulchrimella was new for the site.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 4
0896b Cosmopterix pulchrimella 1 NFS
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 8
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 8
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 1
1408 Palpita vitrealis 1
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1
1795 Epirrita dilutata November Moth 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 22
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 3
2119 Peridroma saucia Pearly Underwing 1 NFY
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 3
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 3
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 2
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 8
2387a Platyperigea kadenii Clancy's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 3
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 Pearly underwing (with punk hairstyle)

 Pearly underwing 

White-point 

 Palpita vitrealis

Cosmopterix pulchrimella
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