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 31 July 2009

Species list for 30/7/2009

A very poor return. Cold Clear night with lots of moon. One battered Garden Tiger that appears to be a new one.

Code species Individuals
464 Diamond-back Moth 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1063 Celypha striana 5
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella 4
1302 Crambus perlella 4
1305 Agriphila tristella 1
1376 Small Magpie 3
1378 Phlyctaenia coronata 1
1415 Orthopygia glaucinalis 1
1443 Pempelia genistella 1
1470 Euzophera pinguis 1
1651 Chinese Character 3
1653 Buff Arches 1
1699 Least Carpet 2
1708 Single-dotted Wave 1
1713 Riband Wave 3
1804 Barred Rivulet 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug 2
1921 Scalloped Oak 1
1931 Peppered Moth 1
1994 Buff-tip 1
2030 Yellow-tail 1
2044 Dingy Footman 3
2050 Common Footman 8
2057 Garden Tiger 1
2061 Buff Ermine 3
2089 Heart and Dart 1
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
2098 Flame 2
2102 Flame Shoulder 4
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 3
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 5
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 2
2154 Cabbage Moth 1
2164 Broad-barred White 1
2173 Lychnis 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot 1
2284x Dark / Grey Dagger 1
2299 Mouse Moth 1
2318 Dun-bar 1
2321 Dark Arches 3
2343 Common Rustic 14
2343a Lesser Common Rustic 1
2352 Dusky Sallow 2
2382 Rustic 2
2425 Nut-tree Tussock 1
2441 Silver Y 5



A battered Garden Tiger, comparing it to the pictures I've taken of the others I've caught this last few days it is a different beastie.

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