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.


Monday, 5 June 2023

Species List for 04/06/2023

 The cool flow continues, but with a new low pressure system moving up from the Canaries we may se a change in the weather pattern. 45 moths of 18 species and six NFY, including a beautiful Small Elephant Hawk-Moth that is always a welcome visitor.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


32.035

Agonopterix yeatiana


1

NFY

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2


49.139

Cochylis atricapitana


1

NFY

63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


69.017

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

1

NFY

70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


73.059

Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade

1

NFY

73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

8


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

11


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

NFY

73.282

Hadena compta

Varied Coronet

1

NFY

73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

3


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

5


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3



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