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.


Thursday, 23 September 2021

Species List for 22/09/2021

 As the numbers reduce. a look back over the years shows that the current numbers are in fact above the averge for the last five years, There were 105 moths of 25 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

648

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House Moth

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

7

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1

1409a

Diaphania perspectalis

Boxworm

1

1707

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1

1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

5

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

3

1914

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

4

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

14

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

7

2110

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

16

2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

11

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

3

2269

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

5

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

6

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3

2353

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

2

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2
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