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.


Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Species List for 13/04/2026

 Another reasonable catch after a warmish night. Four Traps, a 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, an a 125W Robinson in the Pond Garden,  a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden and an 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. There were 24 moths of 11 species with four NFY

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


70.157

Eupithecia dodoneata

Oak-tree Pug

1


70.257

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

1


73.058

Cucullia verbasci

Mullein

1

nfy

73.069

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

4


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1

nfy

73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

7


73.245

Orthosia cruda

Small Quaker

1


73.247

Orthosia gracilis

Powdered Quaker

2


73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

4


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1

nfy

74.002

Meganola albula

Kent Black Arches

1

nfy
.
Least Black Arches

Angle Shades,

Mullein

Mullein

Flame Shoulder,

Oak-tree Pug
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