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.


Saturday 9 October 2021

Species List for 08/10/2021

Another warm day leading to a mild night, quite exceptional for the date, lead to another good night. Slightly down on last night with 178 moths of 31 species and three NFY  including a beautiful Meirville du Jour.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6

1041

Acleris sparsana

1

NFY

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

6

1398

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1

1409a

Diaphania perspectalis

Boxworm

2

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

6

1767

Thera firmata

Pine Carpet

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2

2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

34

2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

6

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

24

2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

2

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

3

2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2202

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2

2232

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

6

2240

Lithophane leautieri

Blair's Shoulder-knot

2

NFY

2247

Dichonia aprilina

Merveille du Jour

1

NFY

2255

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

9

2267

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

9

2270

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

41

2272

Xanthia aurago

Barred Sallow

1

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4

2375

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

1

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1

2387a

Platyperigea kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

1

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1

2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

2477

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

 

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