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, 7 June 2021

Species List for 06/06/2021

 A quieter night with 53 moths of 20 species and one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

2

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1

1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

4

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1

1976

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

1

NFY

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

8

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2

2157

Lacanobia w-latinum

Light Brocade

2

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

18

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2

 

 

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