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.


Saturday, 7 November 2020

Species List for 05/11/2020

Nine moths of nine species, including an odd record of a golden Twin-spot found on a parcel left by the postman in the greenhouse. two NFY. Three traps run.

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

1631

Poecilocampa populi

December Moth

1

NFY

1795

Epirrita dilutata

November Moth

1

NFY

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1

2259

Conistra ligula

Dark Chestnut

1

2264

Agrochola macilenta

Yellow-line Quaker

1

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

1

2428

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Golden Twin-spot

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

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