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 27 September 2023

Species List for 26/09/2023

 Autumn may mean fewer moths and species but it does bring some interesting seasonal visitors.  Two  Sallows were expected but a Northern Rustic, the 9th here was more surprising. There were 263 moths of 33 species with two NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


63.011

Uresiphita gilvata


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

6


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


8


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

2


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

46


63.069

Eudonia angustea


3


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

3


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.159

Eupithecia phoeniceata

Cypress Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

5


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.093

Caradrina kadenii

Clancy's Rustic

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

4


73.182

Cirrhia icteritia

Sallow

2

NFY

73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

3


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

23


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

4


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

14


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

13


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.341

Standfussiana lucernea

Northern Rustic

1

NFY

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

78


73.343

Noctua fimbriata

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

2


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

12


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

3


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

10


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