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.


Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Species List for 07/8/2019 at Lewesdon Farm Dorset (ST444009)

As the weather deteriorated this was the last mothing night in Dorset. Small Wainscot is scarce at home, just five records ans none for six years. Last year in Dorset, 3 weeks later and a few miles away we caught 11.

Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
1637 Lasiocampa quercus Oak Eggar 1
1682 Timandra comae Blood-vein 1
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1981 Laothoe populi Poplar Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2003 Notodonta ziczac Pebble Prominent 2
2008 Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb Prominent 1
2011 Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 1
2033 Lymantria monacha Black Arches 2
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 1
2064 Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger 5
2102 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 4
2343x Mesapamea secalis agg. Common Rustic agg. 1
2350       Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot 1
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 1
.Small Wainscot
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