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.


Tuesday 19 September 2023

Species List for 18/09/2023

 The temperature dropped to 13 deg C and the Westerly wind gusted up to 30 mph, and the moth numbers plummeted. There were  only seven Box-tree Moths, but 144 of the total 243 mother were Large Yellow Underwings and Setaceous Hebrew Characters. |There were just 31 species and no NFY.. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

7


63.069

Eudonia angustea

a moth

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

2


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

1


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

5


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

2


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

4


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

6


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

4


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

3


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

4


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

8


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

3


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

86


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

13


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

15


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

58


73.365

Eugnorisma glareosa

Autumnal Rustic

1


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