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.


Sunday 19 May 2019

Species List for 18//5/2019

A much better night with 65 moths of 32 species, including six NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
697 Agonopterix arenella 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1288 Alucita hexadactyla Twenty-plume Moth 2
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1428 Aphomia sociella Bee Moth 1 NFY
1652 Thyatira batis Peach Blossom 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 6
1852 Eupithecia abbreviata Brindled Pug 1
1853 Eupithecia dodoneata Oak-tree Pug 1
1858 Chloroclystis v-ata V-Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 6
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 2
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 NFY
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 1
2043 Eilema sororcula Orange Footman 1 NFY
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 4   
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 3
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 1
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 7
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1 NFY
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 1
2199 Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot 1 NFY
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2289 Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 5
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1

 Peach Blosson

Buff-tip 

 Orange Footman

 Flame

 CommonWainscot

Bee Moth
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