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, 21 September 2023

Species List for 20/09/2023

 The forecast was appalling, but with the encouragement of Nigel Jarman I did put my two Robinson traps out in sheltered positions. They survived the wind and heavy rain and I did get a few moths, 209 of 25 species with one NFY and the 26th Convolvulus Hawk-moth of the year.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

4


63.048

Palpita vitrealis

a moth

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

22


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

3


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

1

NFY

73.187

Agrochola litura

Brown-spot Pinion

1


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

9


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

98


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

16


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

17


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

12







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