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.


Saturday 7 May 2011

Species List for 6/5/2011

Yellow-barred Brindle


Cinnabar


Flame Shoulder


Nutmeg


A better night with five new for the year Common Swift, Bee, Cinnabar, Flame Shoulder and Nutmeg.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 3
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 2
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2069 Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 15
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2145 Discestra trifolii Nutmeg 1
2179 Panolis flammea Pine Beauty 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 12
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 1
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1
2221 Shargacucullia verbasci Mullein 1
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 5


64 Moths of 29 Species, (25 Macro and 4 Micro.)

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