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.


Wednesday 3 July 2013

Species List for 2/7/2013

Due to the wet forecast I didn't risk my Black Light traps, as they are rather sensitive to getting damp. Not a lot of moths but a new moth for the site and one I've only caught once before, on June 13th 1999 in Crayford.

 Blotched Emerald


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1667 Comibaena bajularia Blotched Emerald 1 NFS
1711 Idaea trigeminata Treble Brown Spot 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
2009 Ptilodon cucullina Maple Prominent 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 25
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
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