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.


Sunday 30 August 2020

Species List for 28/08/2020

A cold night (the heating came on this morning), brought just 255 moths of 31 species. A rather tatty Maiden's Blush was new for the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
15 Hepialus sylvina Orange Swift 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1260 Cydia splendana 1
1303 Agriphila selasella 1
1305 Agriphila tristella 14
1309 Agriphila geniculea 7
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1395 Udea ferrugalis Rusty-dot Pearl 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1680 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1 NFY
1855 Eupithecia phoeniceata Cypress Pug 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 5
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 3
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 31
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2111 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 44   
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 9
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 2
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 4
2353 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 54
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 50
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 4
2449 Abrostola triplasia Dark Spectacle 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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Maiden's Blush
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