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.


Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Species List for 15/03/2022

 The best night so far this year with 18 moths of nine species, three NFY including a Small Brindled Beauty that was a new site record. 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

663

Diurnea fagella

3

1663

Alsophila aescularia

March Moth

1

1925

Apocheima hispidaria

Small Brindled Beauty

1

NFS

1930

Biston strataria

Oak Beauty

1

2182

Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker

1

NFY

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

6

2189

Orthosia munda

Twin-spotted Quaker

1

NFY

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

2

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

2
.
Small Brindled Beauty

Small Quaker

Twin-spotted Quaker

Oak Beauty

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