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, 26 September 2024

Species List for 25/09/2024

 With the very wet weather just the two traps, an 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, There were 237 moths of 35 species with exceptionally high counts of Palpita vitrealis and Scarce Bordered Straws.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


18.001

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

1


45.044

Emmelina monodactyla

Common Plume

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

6


63.048

Palpita vitrealis


30


63.052

Nomophila noctuella

Rush Veneer

1


63.054

Cydalima perspectalis

Box-tree Moth

1


63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


70.049

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Garden Carpet

1


70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1


70.258

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

2


72.003

Hypena proboscidalis

Snout

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.041

Lithosia quadra

Four-spotted Footman

4


73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

5


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

10


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

3


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

7


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

16


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

13


73.219

Atethmia centrago

Centre-barred Sallow

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

6


73.235

Polymixis lichenea

Feathered Ranunculus

2


73.267

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

15


73.297

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.307

Peridroma saucia

Pearly Underwing

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

36


73.345

Noctua comes

Lesser Yellow Underwing

7


73.348

Noctua janthe

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

1


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

7


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

47


73.365

Eugnorisma glareosa

Autumnal Rustic

1


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