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 13 May 2022

Species List for 12/05/2022

 There were 15 moths of11 species wit one nfy, a rather nice Scorched Carpet that I lost before i photoed it.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

1888

Ligdia adustata

Scorched Carpet

1

NFY

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

2

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

1

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3

2145

Discestra trifolii

Nutmeg

1

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2

2221

Shargacucullia verbasci

Mullein

1

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1
.
Scorched Carpet
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