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.


Thursday 19 September 2024

Species List for 18/09/2024

 Two traps,  80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. 27 moths of 13 species with one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.017

Orgyia antiqua

Vapourer

1

nfy

73.131

Luperina testacea

Flounced Rustic

4


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

5


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

5


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

3



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