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, 18 July 2009

Species List for 17/7/2009

A very poor night of July, temperature was quite low but result unexpectedly poor. Least Carpet was first for the year. I find the Apamea genus quite difficult, I think this is a Clouded Brindle, but would welcome correction if I'm wrong.

Clouded Brindle (Apamea epomidion)

Least Carpet (Idaea rusticata)

Least Carpet was a first for the year and a quite scarce moth.

Code species Individuals
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1288 Twenty-plume Moth 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer 4
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1653 Buff Arches 1
1699 Least Carpet 1
1724 Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1917 Early Thorn 1
1921 Scalloped Oak 2
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth 3
2050 Common Footman 2
2061 Buff Ermine 4
2064 Ruby Tiger 1
2088 Heart and Club 1
2089 Heart and Dart 1
2098 Flame 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1
2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2128 Double Square-spot 2
2155 Dot Moth 1
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye 5
2193 Clay 2
2278 Poplar Grey 1
2318 Dun-bar 1
2321 Dark Arches 9
2322 Light Arches 1
2327 Clouded Brindle 1
2343 Common Rustic 6
2381 Uncertain 3
2382 Rustic 2
2387 Mottled Rustic 2
2441 Silver Y 8
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