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 8 June 2021

Species List for 07/06/2021

 Optimism finally got to me and I ran all five traps for the first time this year. The rewards were moderate. with 72 moths of 30 species, two NFY. A  Toadflax brocade was a welcome year tick, averaging just over one per year, but missing on several..

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

6

1082

Hedya pruniana

Plum Tortrix

1

1174

Epiblema cynosbatella

1

1356

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1

1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1

1724

Xanthorhoe spadicearia

Red Twin-spot Carpet

1

1764

Chloroclysta truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

1

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

2

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

1

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

1

1937

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Willow Beauty

1

1961

Campaea margaritataTo

Light Emerald

1

NFY

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

1992

Deilephila porcellus

Small Elephant Hawk-moth

2

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

3

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1

2087

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

12

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

3

 

2147

Hada plebeja

Shears

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

3

2223

Calophasia lunula

Toadflax Brocade

1

NFY

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

2

2337x

Oligia strigilis agg.

Marbled Minor agg.

2

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

16

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

2

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

1
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