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.


Friday, 22 April 2022

Species List for 21/04/2022

 Although the temperature on;y dropped to 9 deg C. the cold easterly wind seems to be deterring most moths flying. Last night there were only 11 moths of eight species in the three traps, but there were three NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

1

1927

Lycia hirtaria

Brindled Beauty

1

NFY

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

3

2186

Orthosia gracilis

Powdered Quaker

1

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

2214

Cucullia chamomillae

Chamomile Shark

1

NFY

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

2

NFY

.
Brindled Beauty

Chamomile Shark


Knot Grass
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