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.


Monday 21 May 2012

Species Lists for 9/5/2012 to 19/5/2012

The  results from the last ten days mothing. I have never had such a poor run in May before. The temperature has fallen to about 8 deg on most nights and after April's weather there just are no moths around.

19/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1740 Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet 1

18/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

17/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1

16/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 2

15/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 1

14/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1

12/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 2

11/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1

10/5/2012
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

9/5/2012

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

1 comment:

  1. Coronet and Galium Carpet are both good species though and uncommon for Essex! so well done. Never seen either.

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