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 17 October 2023

Species List for 16/10/2023

 Very rarely do you find a moth in a trap that simply takes your breath away. Last night was one such night, when I looking in the 80W MV trap in the vegetable garden and saw a Death's-head Hawk-moth clung to the inside. It was even more impactful as it had been the most wan

ted moth for the boys on our trip to the Scilly Isles. We missed it there, but this one made up for that for me. In total there were 40 moths of 16 species with two NFY (one of course a first ever for me).



Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


69.005

Acherontia atropos

Death's-head Hawk-moth

1

NFY

70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


73.068

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Green-brindled Crescent

1

NFY

73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.180

Tiliacea aurago

Barred Sallow

1


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.194

Conistra vaccinii

Chestnut

1


73.195

Conistra ligula

Dark Chestnut

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

3


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

5


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

6


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

5


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1















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