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 25 May 2022

Species List for 24/05/2022

 A cold, damp day produced a very moderate catch of  44 moths of 23 species.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

998

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

3

1342

Eudonia angustea

1

1776

Colostygia pectinataria

Green Carpet

1

1834

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

3

1931

Biston betularia

Peppered Moth

2

1936

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1

1981

Laothoe populi

Poplar Hawk-moth

1

2043

Eilema sororcula

Orange Footman

2

2060

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

3

2061

Spilosoma luteum

Buff Ermine

1

2089

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

4

2092

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

1

2126

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1

2160

Lacanobia oleracea

Bright-line Brown-eye

1

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

2194

Mythimna albipuncta

White-point

1

2199

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

2

2306

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

2334

Apamea sordens

Rustic Shoulder-knot

1

2380

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

5

 

2384

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

3

2403

Heliothis peltigera

Bordered Straw

1

2450

Abrostola tripartita

Spectacle

4

  


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