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 9 September 2022

Species List for 08/09/2022

 After the last couple of day's weather a catch of  120 moths of  only 28 species was not unexpected.

966

Cochylis atricapitana


1


998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


1309

Agriphila geniculea


1


1342

Eudonia angustea


2


1395

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

4


1398

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

3


1409.1

Diaphania perspectalis

Boxworm

1


1682

Timandra comae

Blood-vein

1


1707

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


2107

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

33


2109

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

4


2110

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


2111

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

3


2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

24


2134

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

9


2154

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage

1


2173

Hadena bicruris

Lychnis

1


2195

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


2202

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

2


2269

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


2300

Mormo maura

Old Lady

1


2353

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

13


2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4


2400

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

1


2403

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

1


2441

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


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