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 22 May 2022

Species List for 21/05/2022

 The warm air stream continued and a second Striped Hawk-moth resulted. There were 69 moths of 31 species with six NFY. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

672

Depressaria heraclei

Parsnip Moth

1

714

Agonopterix yeatiana

1

NFY

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

10

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1

NFY

1279

Dichrorampha acuminatana

1

1646

Watsonalla binaria

Oak Hook-tip

1

NFY

1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

4

1819

Eupithecia exiguata

Mottled Pug

1

NFY

1823

Eupithecia venosata

Netted Pug

1

NFY

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

1

1883

Acasis viretata

Yellow-barred Brindle

1

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1980

Smerinthus ocellata

Eyed Hawk-moth

1

NFY

1990

Hyles livornica

Striped Hawk-moth

1

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

4

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

7

 

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3

2102

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

4

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

1

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

5

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

4

2389

Paradrina clavipalpis

Pale Mottled Willow

2

2449

Abrostola triplasia

Dark Spectacle

1

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

2

 

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