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, 26 July 2009

Species List for 25/7/2009

Another poor night for variety and numbers, but it did have its compensations with a first for the garden, a Dog's Tooth and two beautiful Garden Tigers.





Code Species Individuals
873 Blastobasis lignea 1
1063 Celypha striana 1
1376 Small Magpie 2
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1424 Endotricha flammealis 1
1651 Chinese Character 1
1713 Riband Wave 4
1728 Garden Carpet 1
1777 July Highflyer 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug 1
1921 Scalloped Oak 4
1937 Willow Beauty 1
1976 Privet Hawk-moth 1
2007 Swallow Prominent 1
2029 Brown-tail 1
2030 Yellow-tail 3
2049 Buff Footman 1
2050 Common Footman 2
2057 Garden Tiger 2
2061 Buff Ermine 4
2064 Ruby Tiger 2
2089 Heart and Dart 2
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart 11
2098 Flame 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 11
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 8
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2110a Langmaid's Yellow Underwing 1
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 6
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2128 Double Square-spot 1
2159 Dog's Tooth 1
2164 Broad-barred White 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot 1
2278 Poplar Grey 1
2284x Dark / Grey Dagger 1
2299 Mouse Moth 1
2318 Dun-bar 2
2321 Dark Arches 16
2343 Common Rustic 12
2352 Dusky Sallow 2
2381 Uncertain 15
2382 Rustic 4
2441 Silver Y 31

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