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.


Friday 4 June 2021

Species List for 03/06/2021

 A few more for the year, with a total of  70 moths of 28 species (a couple of pugs to left to ID) and eight NFY. (photos to follow).


17

Hepialus lupulinus

Common Swift

1

464

Plutella xylostella

Diamond-back Moth

10

NFY

714

Agonopterix yeatiana

1

NFY

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1

1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

NFY

1376

Eurrhypara hortulata

Small Magpie

1

NFY

1481

Homoeosoma sinuella

1

1724

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

1

1823

Eupithecia venosata

Netted Pug

1

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1

1867

Aplocera plagiata

Treble-bar

1

NFY

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

2

NFY

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

2043

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

1

NFY

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2

2069

Tyria jacobaeae

Cinnabar

1

2078

Nola confusalis

Least Black Arches

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

5

 

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

7

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

2

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

3

NFY

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

15

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2

 




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