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, 20 April 2026

Species List for 19/04/2026

 There were four traps. A 125W Robinson in the Back Garden, a 125W MV Robinson in the Pond Garden, a 15W Actinic in the Front Garden, and a 80W MV Skinner in the Greenhouse Garden. Still not great. There were 18 moths of ten species with one NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


44.001

Alucita hexadactyla

Many-plumed Moth

1


72.022

Diaphora mendica

Muslin Moth

2


73.032

Colocasia coryli

Nut-tree Tussock

1

nfy

73.058

Cucullia verbasci

Mullein

2


73.069

Xylocampa areola

Early Grey

1


73.244

Orthosia cerasi

Common Quaker

2


73.247

Orthosia gracilis

Powdered Quaker

1


73.249

Orthosia gothica

Hebrew Character

3


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

2


74.004

Nola confusalis

Least Black Arches

1



Nut-tree Tussock


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