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.


Saturday, 23 September 2023

Species List for 22/09/2023

 All five traps,  but not the hoped for migrant fest forecast by some. There were two more Scarce Bordered Straws, a Dark Swordgrass and two Silver Y's. I suspect the 10 Delicates show they are now breeding. In all there were 165 moths of 20 species, with no NFY. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

4


63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

2


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

4


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

1


73.169

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

1


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

6


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

3


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

10


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

81


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

9


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

14


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

17


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