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 16 July 2009

Species List for 15 /7/2009

Code Vernacular Individuals
937 Agapeta hamana 1
1405 Mother of Pearl 1
1651 Chinese Character 1
1653 Buff Arches 1
1669 Common Emerald 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug 1
1858 V-Pug 2
1884 Magpie Moth 1
1917 Early Thorn 1
1921 Scalloped Oak 3
1931 Peppered Moth 3
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2009 Maple Prominent 1
2029 Brown-tail 2
2050 Common Footman 3
2061 Buff Ermine 3
2089 Heart and Dart 7
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
2098 Flame 4
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 2
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
2112 Least Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Double Square-spot 1
2155 Dot Moth 2
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 4
2193 Clay 2
2198 Smoky Wainscot 1
2279 Sycamore 2
2284x Dark / Grey Dagger 1
2291 Coronet 1
2298 Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
2321 Dark Arches 22
2322 Light Arches 5
2337x Marbled Minor agg. 1
2343 Common Rustic 5
2381 Uncertain 10
2382 Rustic 10
2387 Mottled Rustic 3
2441 Silver Y 6

In addition Diamond-backed Moths and Pyralid Grass moths not counted.

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