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, 12 April 2021

Species List for 11/04/2021

A very cld night and frost in the morning.

 

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

1

 

Sunday, 11 April 2021

Species List for 10/04/2021

 A Backward step to just one moth, with temperature down to about 2 deg c.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

 

Saturday, 10 April 2021

Species List for 09/04/2021

 Ten moths of seven species, two of which were NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

663

Diurnea fagella

1

1651

Cilix glaucata

Chinese Character

1

NFY

1663

Alsophila aescularia

March Moth

1

1927

Lycia hirtaria

Brindled Beauty

1

NFY

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

1

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

3

.

Diurnea Fagella,

Brindled Beauty,what fabulous antennae.

Brindled Beauty

Chinese Character

Friday, 9 April 2021

Species List for 08/04/2021

 Stuck in a rut.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2182

Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker

2

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

2

Thursday, 8 April 2021

Species List for 07/04/2021

 It is still down to about 3 deg at night, so four moths was a bit of s boost.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

3

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

Species List for 06/04/2021

After another blank night just a singleton.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

Monday, 5 April 2021

Species List for 04/04/2021

 The cold weather continues.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

2

Sunday, 4 April 2021

Species List for 03/04/2021

 Another single moth night.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

1

Saturday, 3 April 2021

Species List for 02/04/2021

 After such a good night on 31/3 April Fools lived up to the name and then just one moth on the 2nd.


Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

1

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Species List for 31/03/2021

 Just about the best March dayI'v had, with 73 moths of 14 species, six NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals

695

Agonopterix alstromeriana

2

696

Agonopterix propinquella

1

NFY

1288

Alucita hexadactyla

Twenty-plume Moth

1

NFY

1497

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Beautiful Plume

1

NFY

1663

Alsophila aescularia

March Moth

2

1775

Colostygia multistrigaria

Mottled Grey

1

NFY

1862

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Double-striped Pug

10

NFY

2182

Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker

16

2187

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

23

2188

Orthosia incerta

Clouded Drab

2

2189

Orthosia munda

Twin-spotted Quaker

3

2190

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

8

2243

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

2

2423

Nycteola revayana

Oak Nycteoline

1

NFY

 ..

 
Oak Nycteoline;

Double-striped Pug

Mottled Grey,

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla,

Twenty-plume Moth

Agonopterix propinquella

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