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 2 May 2022

Species List for 01/05/2022

I really didn't expect this! 63 moths of 27 species with 11 NFY.  The weather was calm and overcast.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

697

Agonopterix arenella

1

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

4

1288

Alucita hexadactyla

Twenty-plume Moth

2

1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1

NFY

1680

Cyclophora punctaria

Maiden's Blush

1

NFY

1738

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1

NFY

1835

Eupithecia tripunctaria

White-spotted Pug

1

NFY

1852

Eupithecia abbreviata

Brindled Pug

2

1853

Eupithecia dodoneata

Oak-tree Pug

2

NFY

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

10

1906

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

7

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

NFY

1994

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

1

NFY

1995

Cerura vinula

Puss Moth

1

NFY

2000

Notodonta dromedarius

Iron Prominent

1

NFY

2063

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

1

2078

Nola confusalis

Least Black Arches

3

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

5

2139

Cerastis rubricosa

Red Chestnut

1

2167

Hadena perplexa

Tawny Shears

1

NFY

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

9

2188

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

1

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

1

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

1

2289

Acronicta rumicis

Knot Grass

2

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1

NFY

2425

Colocasia coryli

Nut-tree Tussock

1

.
Poplar Hawk-moth

Puss Moth


Buff-tip


Brindled Pug

Common Carpet


Maiden's Blush


,Iron Prominent


Tawny Shears


Rustic Shoulder-knot


Chinese Character


Oak-tree Pug


Twenty-plume Moth

White-spotted Pug (phone photo).

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