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, 15 September 2022

Species List for 14/09/2022

 Just 118 moths of 34 species. As usual of a coldish (compared to recent times), wet day, even with a dry evening and night, the catch was unimpressive.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

3


45.010

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3


49.161

Celypha striana

 

1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

2


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

3


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

4


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

7


63.069

Eudonia angustea

 

1


63.093

Agriphila straminella

 

1


63.095

Agriphila geniculea 

2


70.008

Idaea seriata

Small Dusty Wave

1


70.024

Scopula imitaria

Small Blood-vein

1


70.029

Timandra comae

Blood-Vein

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

3


73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

5

73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

3


73.193

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

6


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

3


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

24


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

2


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

12


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

12


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