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 7 October 2021

Species List for 06/10/2021

 All five traps, with the electrical fault mysteriously disappeared (but only temporally) In total 86 moths of 23 species and two NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

1048

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

2

1745

Larentia clavaria

Mallow

1

1760

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-green Carpet

2

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2

1914

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1

1961

Campaea margaritata

Light Emerald

1

2051

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1

NFY

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

17

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

10

2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

1

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2

2232

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2

2248

Dryobotodes eremita

Brindled Green

1

NFY

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

8

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

9

2269

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

17

 

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

 


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