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.


Tuesday 22 June 2021

Species List for 21/06/2021

 I did think of taking another night off, after a wet day and a low temperature. Optimism got the better of me and I ran all 5 traps. My initial thoughts were probably right.

17

Hepialus lupulinus

Common Swift

10

1063

Celypha striana

1

1713

Idaea aversata

Riband Wave

1

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

4

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

2088

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

13

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

26

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

2

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2321

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

2

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

1

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

4
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