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, 8 May 2019

Species List for 07/5/2019

A bit of a breakthrough with 29 moths of 18 species, of which seven were NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 2 NFY
1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1 NFY
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2 NFY
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1 NFY
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 1
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
2173 Hadena bicruris Lychnis 1 NFY
2186 Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker 2
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 2
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1 NFY
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 2


 Buff Ermine

 Peppered Moth

 Common Pug

 Grey/Dark Dagger

 Lychnis

 Spruce Carpet

Yellow-barred Brindle
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