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.


Sunday, 15 July 2012

Species List for 13/7/2012

Only 36 moths of 23 species. Last night was too put out any traps. The forecast for tonight was good and I put out four traps. I woke at 2 am to find that it was raining quite hard and had to go out and retrieve my black-lights. It rained for rest of the night and much of the day!


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
14 Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1
994 Clepsis consimilana 1
1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer 5
1713 Idaea aversata Riband Wave 1
1958 Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1
1976 Sphinx ligustri Privet Hawk-moth 2
1991 Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth 1
1994 Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1
2061 Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine 2
2087 Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth 1
2088 Agrotis clavis Heart and Club 2
2089 Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart 2
2098 Axylia putris Flame 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 4
2128 Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot 1
2321 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches 1
2322 Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches 1
2343 Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic 1
2381 Hoplodrina alsines Uncertain 1
2382 Hoplodrina blanda Rustic 1
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 2
2477 Hypena proboscidalis Snout 1
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