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 2 June 2021

Species List for 01/06/2021

It continued on a slow improvement with 31 moths of 21 species and five NFY. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

 

648

Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered House Moth

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

2

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1

NFY

1174

Epiblema cynosbatella

1

NFY

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1

NFY

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1980

Smerinthus ocellata

Eyed Hawk-moth

1

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

3

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

2157

Lacanobia w-latinum

Light Brocade

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

2167

Hadena perplexa

Tawny Shears

1

NFY

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

NFY

2221

Shargacucullia verbasci

Mullein

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

6

 

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2


Epiblema cynosbatella

Peppered Moth

Tawny shears.

Light brocade


Mullein

Hedya pruniana,


Common Wainscot

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