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 24 May 2018

Species List for 23/05/2018

When I looked in my 125W Skinner trap this morning I thought that yesterdays Lime Hawk-moth had returned to the garden. A closer look showed it to be a second, slightly paler individual. As well as the differences in pattern, yesterday's moth had some slight damage on the bottom of the right wing, which was the first thing I noticed. In addition there were three NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 3
1979 Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 1
2007 Pheosia tremula Swallow Prominent 1
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1 NFY
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 5
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 7
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1 NFY

Lime Hawk-moth, today's moth.

Celypha striana

 Turnip

 Setaceous Hebrew Character

Vine's Rustic

Treble Lines ab. obscura
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