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, 11 October 2020

Species List for 10/10/2020

 Another cold nigh, with a cold breeze, just 38 moths visited my traps, but there were 17 species, two NFY and the third Convolvulus Hawk-moth of the year. chestnut was NFY as I hadn't had any in the spring.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

 

 

 

 

 

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1

1972

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

3

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2232

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1

2240

Lithophane leautieri

Blair's Shoulder-knot

1

NFY

2258

Conistra vaccinii

Chestnut

2

NFY

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

6

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

12

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

 

 Chestnut


Blair's Shoulder-knot


Blair's Shoulder-knot


 Chestnut


Convolvulus Hawk-moth

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