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 27 May 2019

Species List for 26/5/2019

Didn't quite make the ton last night, 93 moths of 35 species. Three were NFY
Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
17 Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift 2
648 Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered House Moth 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 5
1356 Evergestis forficalis Garden Pebble 1
1651 Cilix glaucata Chinese Character 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1 NFY
1724 Xanthorhoe spadicearia Red Twin-spot Carpet 2
1776 Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 1
1823 Eupithecia venosata Netted Pug 1
1825 Eupithecia centaureata Lime-speck Pug 1
1883 Acasis viretata Yellow-barred Brindle 1
1906 Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth 2
1931 Biston betularia Peppered Moth 2
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 2
1992 Deilephila porcellus Small Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 3
2063 Diaphora mendica Muslin Moth 5
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 4   
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 11
2092 Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2147 Hada plebeja Shears 1 NFY
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2164 Hecatera bicolorata Broad-barred White 1
2280 Acronicta leporina Miller 1
2380 Charanyca trigrammica Treble Lines 22
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 2
2387 Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic 1 NFY
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 3
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
2450 Abrostola tripartita Spectacle 1

 Blood-vein

 Mottled Rustic

Shears

Netted Pug
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