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.


Friday, 9 August 2024

Species List for 08/08/2024

 Four traps. An 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, a 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. The weather was windy and reasonably cool, I debated whether to run the traps, but decided to do so.I retrospect it wasn't a very good night and a lie in might have been more worth while.  There were just 69 moths of 33 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

03.001

Triodia sylvina

Orange Swift

1

31.001

Carcina quercana


1

41.002

Blastobasis adustella


2

45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2

49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

63.074

Eudonia mercurella


1

63.080

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Garden Grass-veneer

2

63.093

Agriphila straminella


1

65.008

Thyatira batis

Peach Blossom

1

69.003

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

69.016

Deilephila elpenor

Elephant Hawk-moth

2

70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1

70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1

70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1

70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1

72.011

Lymantria dispar

Gypsy Moth

1

72.013

Euproctis similis

Yellow-tail

2

72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

1

73.002

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1

73.022

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

1

73.037X

Acronicta tridens/psi

Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger

1

73.045

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1

73.162

Apamea monoglypha

Dark Arches

1

73.169X

Mesapamea secalis agg.

Common Rustic agg.

2

73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

2

73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

73.319

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

11

73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

3

73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

4

73.347

Noctua janthina

Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

1

73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

14





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