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.


Friday, 22 May 2026

Species List for 21/05/2026

 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. The sharp upturn in the temperature had a major affect on the moth count, with 99 moths of 34 species with eight NFY.

Code

Taxon

Vernacular

Individuals


28.010

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown House-moth

1

nfy

28.024

Tachystola acroxantha


5


44.001

Alucita hexadactyla

Many-plumed Moth

2


49.039

Epiphyas postvittana

Light Brown Apple Moth

12


62.001

Aphomia sociella

Bee Moth

1

nfy

63.025

Anania hortulata

Small Magpie

1

nfy

63.031

Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-dot Pearl

1


63.057

Evergestis forficalis

Garden Pebble

1


63.067

Eudonia lacustrata


1

nfy

63.069

Eudonia angustea


1


70.061

Epirrhoe alternata

Common Carpet

1


70.097

Dysstroma truncata

Common Marbled Carpet

4


70.157

Eupithecia dodoneata

Oak-tree Pug

1


70.183

Eupithecia vulgata

Common Pug

2


70.184

Eupithecia exiguata

Mottled Pug

1

nfy

70.226

Opisthograptis luteolata

Brimstone Moth

2


70.257

Menophra abruptaria

Waved Umber

3


70.280

Lomographa temerata

Clouded Silver

1

nfy

71.013

Notodonta ziczac

Pebble Prominent

1

nfy

71.025

Phalera bucephala

Buff-tip

2


72.019

Spilosoma lutea

Buff Ermine

1


72.020

Spilosoma lubricipeda

White Ermine

1


72.031

Tyria jacobaeae

Cinnabar

1

nfy

73.015

Autographa gamma

Silver Y

1


73.099

Hoplodrina ambigua

Vine's Rustic

7


73.101

Charanyca trigrammica

Treble Lines

20


73.113

Phlogophora meticulosa

Angle Shades

1


73.273

Hada plebeja

Shears

1


73.291

Mythimna pallens

Common Wainscot

7


73.317

Agrotis exclamationis

Heart and Dart

6


73.325

Agrotis puta

Shuttle-shaped Dart

6


73.329

Ochropleura plecta

Flame Shoulder

1


73.342

Noctua pronuba

Large Yellow Underwing

1


73.359

Xestia c-nigrum

Setaceous Hebrew Character

1



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