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, 20 May 2018

Species List for 19/05/2018

A better night with 42 moths of 22 species including seven NFY.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1 NFY
1834 Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 1
1835 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 2
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 4
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2 NFY
1936 Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 4
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 NFY
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1 NFY
2060 Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine 1
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 5
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 8
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1 NFY
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 1
2221 Shargacucullia verbasci Mullein 1
2223 Calophasia lunula Toadflax Brocade 1 NFY
2334 Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 NFY
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 1
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 Peppered Moth

 Buff-tip

 Buff-tip

 Mullein

 Chinese Character

 Broad-barred White

 Lime-speck Pug

 Toadflax Brocade

 Toadflax Brocade

 Pale Prominent

 Pale Prominent -  a strange pose, just before it flew.

White-spotted Pug
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