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 30 September 2022

Species List for 29/09/2022

 A typical cool, clear late September night brought 133 moths of 16 species, 94 from the two prolific autumn moths in my garden, Lunar Underwing and Large Yellow Underwing.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1

73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

2

73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2

73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

4

73.193

Omphaloscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

52

73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

4

73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1

73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1

73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

3

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

42

73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1

73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

10

73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

5

73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3
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