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.


Saturday, 2 July 2005

Species list for 1/7/2005

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 5
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana   1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella   1
1376 Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie 3
1424 Endotricha flammealis   1
1454 Dioryctria abietella   1
1758 Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 4
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 4
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 7
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 35
2098 Axylia putris Flame 1
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 17
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2155 Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 5
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2278 Acronicta megacephala Poplar Grey 2
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 2
2318 Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar 3
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2337 Oligia strigilis Marbled Minor 3
2337x Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 1
2340 Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 8
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 3
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
2489 Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot 1

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