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 11/10/2023

 A wet night as the weather changed and put and end to our mothing at Monaveen for the year.  There were 66 moths of just 13 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


12.045

Opogona omoscopa


2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4


49.261

Crocidosema plebejana


1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

9


70.243

Ourapteryx sambucaria

Swallow-tailed Moth

1


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

4


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

2


73.235

Polymixis lichenea scillonea

Feathered Ranunculus

5


73.296

Mythimna unipuncta

American Wainscot or White-speck

23


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

12


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


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