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, 24 June 2012

Species List for 23/6/2012

Only two traps, to save the black lamps from the late night monsoon, forecast and this time, a fact. 88 moths of 26 species wasn't too bad, and a fresh Latticed Heath was good to see. Also the first confirmed record of Bryotropha terrella.
  
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 6
464 Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth 2
787 Bryotropha terrella   1 NFS
874 Blastobasis lacticolella   1
1076 Celypha lacunana   1
1201 Eucosma cana   1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 4
1301 Crambus lathoniellus   1 NFY
1333 Scoparia pyralella   1
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1894 Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath 1 NFY
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2028 Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 9
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 23
2098 Axylia putris Flame 3
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 9
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 7
2291 Craniophora ligustri Coronet 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 3
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 4
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2

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