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.


Monday, 16 October 2023

Species List for Monaveen (SV905104) Isles of Scilly 10/10/2023

 Not such an attractive night, and the traps remained local, with the portable actinic in the small quarry on the footpath leading to Buzza Hill, and it produced two Convolvulus Hawk-moths. In total there were 70 moths of  20 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


12.045

Opogona omoscopa

a moth

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

5


69.004

Agrius convolvuli

Convolvulus Hawk-moth

2


70.038

Rhodometra sacraria

Vestal

1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


73.134

Rhizedra lutosa

Large Wainscot

1


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

4


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.235

Polymixis lichenea scillonea

Feathered Ranunculus

5


73.296

Mythimna unipuncta

American Wainscot or White-speck

30


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

2


73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1


73.325

Agrotis puta puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.330

Ochropleura leucogaster

Radford's Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

4


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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