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.


Friday 8 October 2021

Species List for 07/10/2021

 Once again the back garden Robinson did not run. The electricity tripped after about 20 seconds when I tried to run it. It was the control pack that caused it and I could find nothing causing it. I guessed that somewhere was damp and left it in the airing cupboard for a while. Tonight, so far, it has been on for four hours with no problems. Back to last night. A very big night for Oct 7th with 191 moths of 33 species and one NFY. Still waiting for a migrant rush though.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

10

1288

Alucita hexadactyla

Twenty-plume Moth

1

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3

1408

Palpita vitrealis

3

1409a

Diaphania perspectalis

Boxworm

5

1745

Larentia clavaria

Mallow

2

1760

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-green Carpet

1

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

13

1767

Thera firmata

Pine Carpet

1

NFY

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

1914

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

2

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

34

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

5

2117

Eugnorisma glareosa

Autumnal Rustic

2

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

33

 

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2232

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

7

2266

Agrochola litura

Brown-spot Pinion

1

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

5

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

28

2272

Xanthia aurago

Barred Sallow

3

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

11

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2

2387a

Platyperigea kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

4

 

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