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.


Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Species List for 20/06/2023

After last nights bumper catch I suppose a drop was inevitable, althoiugh \i'm not entirely clear as to why it was so large. Itwas about 2 deg C cooler but he wind was generally similar. |In total there were 228 moths of 40 species and three NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

4


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


49.004

Ditula angustiorana

Red-barred Tortrix

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3


49.059

Tortrix viridana

Green Oak Tortrix

2


49.161

Celypha striana


4


62.028

Dioryctria abietella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

5


63.086

Crambus lathoniellus


1


70.009

Idaea subsericeata

Satin Wave

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

2


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.151

Eupithecia pulchellata

Foxglove Pug

1


70.169

Eupithecia innotata

Angle-barred Pug

1

NFY

70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

2


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


72.046

Eilema complana

Scarce Footman

1

NFY

73.001

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

9


73.096

Hoplodrina octogenaria

Uncertain

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

5


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

3


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

22


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

13


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

6


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

12


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

52


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

37


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

22


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1












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