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 4 September 2024

Species List for 03/09/2024

 JUst one trap.  80W MV Robinson in the Pond,  the first mothing since my knee replacement on the 22nd August. Good to start off again with the help of my son, Rob. 120 moths of 39 species and three NFY. A Porter's Rustic was the third of the year.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1


41.002

Blastobasis adustella

a moth

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

1


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


49.077

Acleris variegana

Garden Rose Tortrix

1


49.161

Celypha striana

a moth

1


63.028

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn-borer

1


63.048

Palpita vitrealis

a moth

4


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

3


63.089

Agriphila tristella

a moth

3


63.095

Agriphila geniculea

a moth

5


65.007

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1


70.011

Idaea dimidiata

Single-dotted Wave

1


70.017

Idaea degeneraria

Portland Ribbon Wave

2


70.159

Eupithecia phoeniceata

Cypress Pug

1

nfy

70.192

Aplocera plagiata

Treble-bar

1


70.232

Ennomos autumnaria

Large Thorn

1

nfy

70.235

Ennomos fuscantaria

Dusky Thorn

4


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

10


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

3


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

1


72.069

Laspeyria flexula

Beautiful Hook-tip

1


73.012

Diachrysia chrysitis

Burnished Brass

1


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

4


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

8


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

5

nfy

73.255

Anarta trifolii

Nutmeg

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

1


73.334

Diarsia rubi

Small Square-spot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

7


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

1


73.346

Noctua interjecta

Least Yellow Underwing

1


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

26


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

9


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