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.


Monday, 15 July 2013

Species List for 11/7/2013

The bi-annual St Margaret's Garden Safari occupied so much time getting the garden ready and my garden wildlife exhibits sorted I'm for days behind with putting records in. This is the first, the others will follow rapidly! 99 moths of just 26 species in total including six moth of four micro species.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 1
1063 Celypha striana 2
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 2
1302 Crambus perlella 1
1769 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 1
1860 Pasiphila rectangulata Green Pug 1
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 5
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 3
1995 Cerura vinula Puss Moth 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 4
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 28
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 27
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 2
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2170 Hadena compta Varied Coronet 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 1
2279 Acronicta aceris Sycamore 1
2284x Acronicta tridens/psi Dark Dagger / Grey Dagger 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 4
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2339 Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 2
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 2
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 3
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
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