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.


Friday 8 November 2024

Species List for 07/11/2024

 Two Traps, 80W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden and a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden. The temperature dropped to 8 deg C with a 8-10 mph E wind. The High still sits over us, meaning that the complete cloud cover has continued. The lower day temperature, 9-10 deg C and the E wind seems to have dropped the number of moths. There  20 moths of 13 species. The seventh Gem makes it the highest annual total I've had here.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1


63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


70.047

Nycterosea obstipata

Gem

1


70.095

Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Green Carpet

1


70.107

Epirrita dilutata agg.

November Moth agg.

3


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2


73.186

Agrochola lychnidis

Beaded Chestnut

2


73.206

Lithophane leautieri

Blair's Shoulder-knot

3


73.223

Dryobota labecula

Oak Rustic

1


73.233

Aporophyla nigra

Black Rustic

1


73.295

Mythimna vitellina

Delicate

2


73.327

Agrotis ipsilon

Dark Sword-grass

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1


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