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, 7 April 2018

Species List for 06/04/2018

 A better day with 33 moths of eight species including two Ypsolopha mucronella, new for the site and two others new for the year.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
451 Ypsolopha mucronella 2 NFS
1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 1
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 1 NFY
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 1
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 4
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 10
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 12
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 3 NFY
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 A Clouded Drab that was rather different to most of the individuals that I catch, had be wondering at first.


The first Double-striped Pug of the year. 

 One of two Ypsolopha mucronella,the first I've recorded here.


 Early Grey, the first of the year.
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