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.


Monday, 23 September 2024

Species List for 22/09/2024

 Four traps,  80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 80W  MV "Bucket trap", in the Greenhouse Garden,  and the 15W Actinic strip in a "bucket" trap.in the Front Garden. There were 106 moths of 30 species, with Shuttle-shaped Dart and Dingy Footman making surprised re-appearances.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

2


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


7


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

13


63.069

Eudonia angustea


4


70.141

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1


70.173

Eupithecia centaureata

Lime-speck Pug

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1


70.283

Campaea margaritaria

Light Emerald

1


72.002

Rivula sericealis

Straw Dot

1


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

1


72.044

Eilema griseola

Dingy Footman

1


73.022

Plusia festucae

Gold Spot

1


73.070

Pyrrhia umbra

Bordered Sallow

1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

2


73.087

Spodoptera exigua

Small Mottled Willow

2


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

3


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

2


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

5


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

20


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

3


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

7


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

15



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