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.


Thursday, 28 March 2019

Species List for 27/3/2019

All traps on and a better night, with 89 moths of 11 species. The second best March night here, only beaten by 31st Mar 2014, when I caught 95 moths of 12 species. The Red-green Carpet was only the 5th spring record I've had, this moth is unusual in that the adults hibernate over the winter, having been on the wing in the autumn.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
663 Diurnea fagella 2
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1760 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 1 NFY
1862 Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug 5
1930 Biston strataria Oak Beauty 1
2182 Orthosia cruda Small Quaker 14
2187 Orthosia cerasi Common Quaker 39
2188 Orthosia incerta Clouded Drab 6
2189 Orthosia munda Twin-spotted Quaker 5
2190 Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character 14
2243 Xylocampa areola Early Grey 1

 Red-green Carpet, in a pose not often seen.

Red-green Carpet
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