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 22 May 2024

Species List for 21/05/2024

  A 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, an 80W Skinner in the Pond an 80W Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden and a 125W MV Back Garden. 61 moths of 30 species, two NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


03.002

Korscheltellus lupulina

Common Swift

1


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

10


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

7


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

nfy

65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


70.051

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

2


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1


70.100

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

4


70.200

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.252

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2


70.257

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

2


71.012

Notodonta dromedarius

Iron Prominent

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1

nfy

72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

3


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1


72.049

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1


73.022

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

1


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

3


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

1


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

4


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

1


73.263

Lacanobia w-latinum

Light Brocade

1


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


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