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.


Sunday 29 September 2024

Species List for 28/09/2024

 With a dry night ahead I ran 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.  The temperature dropped to 7 deg C with a light W wind. However the Greenhouse Garden trap was empty, the Front Garden had just one, a Beaded Chestnut, and just two moths in the Pond Garden trap. In all there were 35 moths of 12 species. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


73.076

Helicoverpa armigera

Scarce Bordered Straw

7


73.095

Caradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

4


73.193

Anchoscelis lunosa

Lunar Underwing

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

4


73.300

Mythimna l-album

L-album Wainscot

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

9


73.357

Xestia xanthographa

Square-spot Rustic

2


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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