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.


Saturday, 22 June 2024

Species List for 21/06/2024

 A 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, an 80W Skinner in the Pond Garden, an 80W Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden and 125W Robinson in the  Back Garden. There were 137 moths  of 30 species with two NFY

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

2


41.003

Blastobasis lacticolella


1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.029

Lozotaenia forsterana


2


49.161

Celypha striana


7


63.066

Scoparia pyralella


1


63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

11


69.006

Sphinx ligustri

Privet Hawk-moth

2


69.007

Sphinx pinastri

Pine Hawk-moth

1

nfy

69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

1


70.062

Epirrhoe rivata

Wood Carpet

2

nfy

70.093

Gandaritis pyraliata

Barred Straw

1


70.144

Pasiphila rectangulata

Green Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

7


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

6


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

14


73.163

Apamea lithoxylaea

Light Arches

2


73.174

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

3


73.274

Mamestra brassicae

Cabbage Moth

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

32


73.320

Agrotis clavis

Heart and Club

17


73.328

Axylia putris

Flame

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

9


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1



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